National Study Led by Lurie Children's Finds Physical Exams Alone May Not Reliably Diagnose Pneumonia in Children

Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) finds doctors may not always agree when identifying common signs of pneumoniaWhen a child has symptoms that could be pneumonia, doctors often listen to the child's lungs with a stethoscope to help make a diagnosis. But a new national study led by physician-scientists at Ann Robert H.