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  • Pediatric infectious diseases
  • Clinical epidemiology
  • Respiratory medicine

Background:

  • Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common childhood infection.
  • Current management lacks standardized risk classification for pediatric CAP.
  • Need for objective criteria to guide treatment decisions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To achieve expert consensus on factors determining severity in pediatric CAP.
  • To identify clinical, radiographic, and laboratory indicators of disease severity.
  • To inform the development of risk stratification tools for pediatric CAP.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a web-based Delphi process with 10 pediatric pneumonia experts.
  • Experts rated clinical, radiographic, laboratory factors, and outcomes on a 9-point Likert scale.
  • Consensus defined as ≥70% agreement on severity (mild, moderate, severe).

Main Results:

  • Consensus reached on 286 of 318 identified factors (90%).
  • Key clinical factors included age, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, and gestational age.
  • Imaging, lab findings, hospitalization, and respiratory support needs were critical for severity classification.

Conclusions:

  • Expert consensus identified key factors for pediatric CAP risk stratification.
  • This study provides a foundation for developing standardized severity criteria.
  • Informs future research for clinically meaningful risk stratification scores in pediatric CAP.