Must children be hospitalized for bronchopneumonia?

Children’s bronchopneumonia does not necessarily need to be hospitalized. Generally, mild cases do not need to be hospitalized and can be treated in daily outpatient clinics, while severe cases need to be hospitalized in time. 1. No need to be hospitalized: If the symptoms of bronchopneumonia in children are mild and the mental state is good, and the chest CT or chest radiographs also show slight lesions, sputum culture and blood tests can be perfected, and if you consider the possibility of bacterial infections, you can take cefixime granules, amoxicillin granules and other medications under the guidance of the doctor, or choose to use intravenous infusion to fight infections. The heavier cough can also be given according to the condition of budesonide suspension, terbutaline nebulizer solution and other drugs nebulizer inhalation treatment. 2. Need to be hospitalized: If children with bronchopneumonia infection is more serious, or the emergence of respiratory failure, it is necessary to be hospitalized immediately, under the guidance of the doctor to be ventilator-assisted ventilation, rehydration, such as the consideration of bacterial infections can be prescribed by the doctor to be piperacillin anti-infective and other treatments. It can also be assisted by nebulization, oxygen and sputum inhalation and other symptomatic supportive treatment. Children with bronchopneumonia need medical treatment as soon as possible, so as not to aggravate the condition due to delay, the use of drugs should also pay attention to follow the doctor’s instructions, do not self-medication. At the same time, we should do a good job of preventive measures to avoid the cold aggravate the condition.