Management of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) inchildren: Clinical practice guidelines by the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN)

Abstract

Abstract: The Paediatric Association of Nigeria first published
management guideline for community-acquired pneumonia in
2015 and covered available evidence at that time.
This update represents a review of
available recent evidence statements regarding the management
of pneumonia in children, while at
the same time incorporating relevant materials from the first edition of the guideline.
The guideline is developed to assist clinicians in the care of children with CAP. The recommendations provided in this guideline
may not be the only approach to
management, since there are considerable variations among children in the clinical course of CAP.
The goal of this guideline is to
reduce morbidity and mortality
rate of CAP in children by providing recommendations that may be
relevant in assisting clinicians to
make timely diagnosis and institute appropriate antibiotic therapy
of children with CAP.
Summarized below are recommendations made in the new 2021
CAP guideline. As part of the recommendations, the quality of the
evidence is provided and the grade
of the recommendation indicated.
The details of the background,
methods and evidence summaries that support each of these recommendations can be found in the
full text of the guideline.