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Table 1 Patient information and clinical data collected in pedCAPNETZ

From: PedCAPNETZ – prospective observational study on community acquired pneumonia in children and adolescents

Type of data

Collected variables

General information

Patient and center identifier, date of inclusion, demographic data (e.g. date of birth, sex, region of origin, parental ethnicity), weight, height

Case history

Date of admission, preexisting and concomitant diseases, medication, vaccinations, surgical interventions

Clinical data

Vital signs, oxygen saturation breathing ambient air, respiratory signs and symptoms, initiated treatment, follow up treatment, complications, symptoms up to day 90

Diagnostics

Diff blood count, CRP, Creatinin, Na, Urea, procalcitonin (optional), interleukin-6 (optional), blood gas (optional), pathogen screening

Imaging

chest radiograph or ultrasound, computed tomography (optional)

Other data

Day care attendance, smoke exposure, household members, number of siblings, family history, socioeconomic disease impact