British Thoracic Society guidelines for the managemen of community acquired pneumonia in children: update 2011

On behalf of the British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee

Michael Harris, Julia Clark, Nicky Coote, Penny Fletcher, Anthony Harnden, Michael McKean, Anne Thomson
Oxford Children's Hospital, The John Radcliffe, Headington, Oxford, UK
Department of Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Old COPD, Great North Children's Hospital, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Children's Ambulatory Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
Pharmacy Department, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, UK
Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Thorax 2011;66:ii1eii23. doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl_2011_200598
Received 10 June 2011
Accepted 16 June 2011
BMJIJournals October 2011 Volume 66 Supplement 2

Additional appendices are published online only. To view these files please visit the journal online (http://thorax.bmj.com).

Thorax 2011;66:ii1eii23. doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl_2011_200598

Received 10 June 2011

Accepted 16 June 2011

BMJIJournals October 2011 Volume 66 Supplement 2

Abstract. The British Thoracic Society first published management guidelines for community acquired pneumonia in children in 2002 and covered available evidence to early 2000. These updated guidelines represent a review of new evidence since then and consensus clinical opinion where evidence was not found. This document incorporates material from the 2002 guidelines and supersedes the previous guideline document.