Bronchopneumonia

Bronchopneumonia, also known as lobular pneumonia, is the most common pneumonia in children. The incidence of pediatric pneumonia in developing countries is significantly higher than in developed countries. Similar to other developing countries, pediatric pneumonia is a serious disease that threatens the health of children in China, ranking first in both morbidity and mortality. In China, pneumonia accounts for 24.5% to 65.2% of pediatric hospitalized patients. Of the 1.05 million deaths of children under 5 years of age each year, 300,000 die from pneumonia. According to pediatric statistics of 16 domestic units, bronchial pneumonia accounted for 93.7% of 22504 hospitalized pneumonia cases, which are more common in infants and young children. Pneumonia mostly occurs in the winter and spring seasons and when the climate changes suddenly, but some areas in South China have a higher incidence in summer. Crowded indoors, poor ventilation, dirty air, and more pathogenic microorganisms are prone to pneumonia. Bronchial pneumonia can be caused by bacteria or viruses. According to the pathological changes, it is divided into two types: general bronchial pneumonia and interstitial bronchial pneumonia. The former are mostly caused by bacteria, while the latter are dominated by viruses. Bronchial pneumonia is often diagnosed clinically.

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