Paediatrics
Paediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia
BTS age-stratified severity assessment and antibiotic selection for childhood CAP
Source: BTS CAP Guidelines 2011 / NICE NG143 2019
Step 1 of ~11
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Paediatric CAP
CAP: fever, respiratory symptoms, new chest X-ray infiltrate. Most are viral in age <2. Bacterial (S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, Mycoplasma) more common in older children. SpO2 <92% = significant hypoxia.
Related
Curated clinical cross-links plus same-class fallbacks.
Drugs
- Lefamulin · Pleuromutilin Antibiotic (Community-Acquired Pneumonia)
- Ceftriaxone (Paediatric) · Third-Generation Cephalosporin — Meningitis / Sepsis / Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- Amoxicillin · Antibiotic — Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- Clarithromycin · Macrolide Antibiotic — Respiratory / H. pylori / MAC
- Amoxicillin (Paediatric) · Aminopenicillin Antibiotic
- Nitrofurantoin (Paediatric — UTI Prophylaxis) · Urinary Antiseptic Antibiotic
Decision support only. Always apply local guidelines and clinical judgement.