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Table 1 Disease Severity Assessment of CAP in Children

From: Human adenovirus Coinfection aggravates the severity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

Clinical manifestations

Mild CAP

Severe CAP

General situation

Good

Not good

Refusal to eat or dehydration

No

Yes

Disorder of consciousness

No

Yes

Respiratory rate

Normal or slightly increase

Significantly increasea

Cyanosis

No

Yes

Dyspnea

No

Yes

Multilobar infiltrates

No

Yes

Pleural effusion

No

Yes

Oxygen saturation

> 0.96

≤0.92

Extrapulmonary manifestations

No

Yes

Assessment

Present all above manifestations

Present any of the above manifestations

  1. aSignificantly increased respiratory rate: infants > 70 bpm, older children > 50 bpm