| Abstrakt: |
Although lobar pneumonia is generally conceded to be one of the easiest diseases in which to make a correct diagnosis, it is well recognized that its differentiation in the early stages, and particularly in children, from one or two quite remote conditions, notably so-called surgical conditions of the abdomen and cerebrospinal meningitis, is not always simple. Much has been written on this subject, but the frequency with which the diseases are confounded, in both general and hospital practice, the relative frequency with which patients with early pneumonia are subjected to unnecessary surgery, and the importance from a therapeutic standpoint of establishing immediate diagnosis, have made it seem worth while to review the records of a series of such cases in the hope of being able to point out what clinical features are of the greatest significance in differentiating the two conditions. Only children between the ages of 2 and 15 |
