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Viral pneumonia

MedGen UID:
45974
Concept ID:
C0032310
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonias, Viral; Viral Pneumonia; Viral Pneumonias
SNOMED CT: Viral pneumonia (75570004)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006012

Definition

Inflammation of the lung parenchyma that is caused by a viral infection. [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Zhang XL, Zhang X, Hua W, Xie ZD, Liu HM, Zhang HL, Chen BQ, Chen Y, Sun X, Xu Y, Shu SN, Zhao SY, Shang YX, Cao L, Jia YH, Lin LN, Li J, Hao CL, Dong XY, Lin DJ, Xu HM, Zhao DY, Zeng M, Chen ZM, Huang LS
World J Pediatr 2024 Jan;20(1):11-25. Epub 2023 Dec 8 doi: 10.1007/s12519-023-00777-9. PMID: 38064012Free PMC Article
Alsharif W, Qurashi A
Radiography (Lond) 2021 May;27(2):682-687. Epub 2020 Sep 21 doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2020.09.010. PMID: 33008761Free PMC Article
Mousavizadeh L, Ghasemi S
J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2021 Apr;54(2):159-163. Epub 2020 Mar 31 doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.03.022. PMID: 32265180Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Marr KA, Platt A, Tornheim JA, Zhang SX, Datta K, Cardozo C, Garcia-Vidal C
Emerg Infect Dis 2021 Jan;27(1):18-25. Epub 2020 Oct 21 doi: 10.3201/eid2701.202896. PMID: 33084566Free PMC Article
Patel P, Hiam L, Sowemimo A, Devakumar D, McKee M
BMJ 2020 Jun 11;369:m2282. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2282. PMID: 32527732
Peric S, Stulnig TM
Wien Klin Wochenschr 2020 Jul;132(13-14):356-361. Epub 2020 May 20 doi: 10.1007/s00508-020-01672-3. PMID: 32435867Free PMC Article
Velavan TP, Meyer CG
Trop Med Int Health 2020 Mar;25(3):278-280. Epub 2020 Feb 16 doi: 10.1111/tmi.13383. PMID: 32052514Free PMC Article
Shah RD, Wunderink RG
Clin Chest Med 2017 Mar;38(1):113-125. Epub 2016 Dec 13 doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2016.11.013. PMID: 28159154Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Cavallazzi R, Ramirez JA
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2024 Mar;38(1):183-212. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2023.12.010. PMID: 38280763
Pagliano P, Sellitto C, Conti V, Ascione T, Esposito S
Infection 2021 Aug;49(4):607-616. Epub 2021 Mar 29 doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01603-y. PMID: 33782861Free PMC Article
Koo HJ, Lim S, Choe J, Choi SH, Sung H, Do KH
Radiographics 2018 May-Jun;38(3):719-739. doi: 10.1148/rg.2018170048. PMID: 29757717
Almond MH, McAuley DF, Wise MP, Griffiths MJ
Clin Med (Lond) 2012 Feb;12(1):67-70. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-1-67. PMID: 22372228Free PMC Article
Ruuskanen O, Lahti E, Jennings LC, Murdoch DR
Lancet 2011 Apr 9;377(9773):1264-75. Epub 2011 Mar 22 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61459-6. PMID: 21435708Free PMC Article

Therapy

WHO Rapid Evidence Appraisal for COVID-19 Therapies (REACT) Working Group, Sterne JAC, Murthy S, Diaz JV, Slutsky AS, Villar J, Angus DC, Annane D, Azevedo LCP, Berwanger O, Cavalcanti AB, Dequin PF, Du B, Emberson J, Fisher D, Giraudeau B, Gordon AC, Granholm A, Green C, Haynes R, Heming N, Higgins JPT, Horby P, Jüni P, Landray MJ, Le Gouge A, Leclerc M, Lim WS, Machado FR, McArthur C, Meziani F, Møller MH, Perner A, Petersen MW, Savovic J, Tomazini B, Veiga VC, Webb S, Marshall JC
JAMA 2020 Oct 6;324(13):1330-1341. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.17023. PMID: 32876694Free PMC Article
Caddy S
BMJ 2020 Aug 24;370:m3270. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3270. PMID: 32839191
Veer M, Kumar AM, Ivanova V
Crit Care Nurs Q 2020 Oct/Dec;43(4):381-389. doi: 10.1097/CNQ.0000000000000323. PMID: 32833774
WHO Working Group on the Clinical Characterisation and Management of COVID-19 infection
Lancet Infect Dis 2020 Aug;20(8):e192-e197. Epub 2020 Jun 12 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30483-7. PMID: 32539990Free PMC Article
Cao B, Wang Y, Wen D, Liu W, Wang J, Fan G, Ruan L, Song B, Cai Y, Wei M, Li X, Xia J, Chen N, Xiang J, Yu T, Bai T, Xie X, Zhang L, Li C, Yuan Y, Chen H, Li H, Huang H, Tu S, Gong F, Liu Y, Wei Y, Dong C, Zhou F, Gu X, Xu J, Liu Z, Zhang Y, Li H, Shang L, Wang K, Li K, Zhou X, Dong X, Qu Z, Lu S, Hu X, Ruan S, Luo S, Wu J, Peng L, Cheng F, Pan L, Zou J, Jia C, Wang J, Liu X, Wang S, Wu X, Ge Q, He J, Zhan H, Qiu F, Guo L, Huang C, Jaki T, Hayden FG, Horby PW, Zhang D, Wang C
N Engl J Med 2020 May 7;382(19):1787-1799. Epub 2020 Mar 18 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2001282. PMID: 32187464Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Kumar A, Arora A, Sharma P, Anikhindi SA, Bansal N, Singla V, Khare S, Srivastava A
Diabetes Metab Syndr 2020 Jul-Aug;14(4):535-545. Epub 2020 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.04.044. PMID: 32408118Free PMC Article
Skoog H, Withrow K, Jeyarajan H, Greene B, Batra H, Cox D, Pierce A, Grayson JW, Carroll WR
Head Neck 2020 Jul;42(7):1392-1396. Epub 2020 Apr 29 doi: 10.1002/hed.26214. PMID: 32342565Free PMC Article
Shi S, Qin M, Shen B, Cai Y, Liu T, Yang F, Gong W, Liu X, Liang J, Zhao Q, Huang H, Yang B, Huang C
JAMA Cardiol 2020 Jul 1;5(7):802-810. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0950. PMID: 32211816Free PMC Article
Zhou F, Yu T, Du R, Fan G, Liu Y, Liu Z, Xiang J, Wang Y, Song B, Gu X, Guan L, Wei Y, Li H, Wu X, Xu J, Tu S, Zhang Y, Chen H, Cao B
Lancet 2020 Mar 28;395(10229):1054-1062. Epub 2020 Mar 11 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30566-3. PMID: 32171076Free PMC Article
Marcos MA, Esperatti M, Torres A
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2009 Apr;22(2):143-7. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e328328cf65. PMID: 19276881

Clinical prediction guides

Hellings PW
Rhinology 2020 Oct 1;58(5):417. doi: 10.4193/Rhin.20.805. PMID: 32902518
Liu K, Zhang W, Yang Y, Zhang J, Li Y, Chen Y
Complement Ther Clin Pract 2020 May;39:101166. Epub 2020 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101166. PMID: 32379637Free PMC Article
Torres A, Chalmers JD, Dela Cruz CS, Dominedò C, Kollef M, Martin-Loeches I, Niederman M, Wunderink RG
Intensive Care Med 2019 Feb;45(2):159-171. Epub 2019 Jan 31 doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05519-y. PMID: 30706119Free PMC Article
Schuster JE, Williams JV
Pediatr Rev 2013 Dec;34(12):558-65. doi: 10.1542/pir.34-12-558. PMID: 24295817Free PMC Article
Marcos MA, Esperatti M, Torres A
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2009 Apr;22(2):143-7. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e328328cf65. PMID: 19276881

Recent systematic reviews

Pratt MTG, Abdalla T, Richmond PC, Moore HC, Snelling TL, Blyth CC, Bhuiyan MU
Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2022 Aug;6(8):555-570. Epub 2022 May 28 doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00092-X. PMID: 35636455
Gentilotti E, De Nardo P, Cremonini E, Górska A, Mazzaferri F, Canziani LM, Hellou MM, Olchowski Y, Poran I, Leeflang M, Villacian J, Goossens H, Paul M, Tacconelli E
Clin Microbiol Infect 2022 Jan;28(1):13-22. Epub 2021 Oct 1 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.09.025. PMID: 34601148
Loades ME, Chatburn E, Higson-Sweeney N, Reynolds S, Shafran R, Brigden A, Linney C, McManus MN, Borwick C, Crawley E
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2020 Nov;59(11):1218-1239.e3. Epub 2020 Jun 3 doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.05.009. PMID: 32504808Free PMC Article
Terpos E, Ntanasis-Stathopoulos I, Elalamy I, Kastritis E, Sergentanis TN, Politou M, Psaltopoulou T, Gerotziafas G, Dimopoulos MA
Am J Hematol 2020 Jul;95(7):834-847. Epub 2020 May 23 doi: 10.1002/ajh.25829. PMID: 32282949Free PMC Article
Kamat IS, Ramachandran V, Eswaran H, Guffey D, Musher DM
Clin Infect Dis 2020 Jan 16;70(3):538-542. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz545. PMID: 31241140

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