CDC Criteria for Pneumonia Signs Symptoms

Age of patient

years

Enter age in months

months

Does the patient have ?

• apnea?

Yes

• tachypnea?

Yes

• bradycardia?

Yes

• wheezing?

Yes

• rhonchi?

Yes

• cough?

Yes

• have rales on physical examination?

Yes

• dullness to percussion on physical examination?

Yes

Does the chest X-ray show ?

• a new or progressive infiltrate?

Yes

• consolidation?

Yes

• cavitation?

Yes

• a pleural effusion?

Yes

Is there ?

• a new onset of purulent sputum?

Yes

• a change in character of sputum?

Yes

• an increased production of respiratory secretions?

Yes

• a pathogen isolated from blood culture?

Yes

• a pathogen isolated from transtracheal aspirate, bronchial brushing or lung biopsy?

Yes

• a virus isolated from respiratory secretions?

Yes

• the presence of pathogenic viral antigens in respiratory secretions?

Yes

• a diagnostic IgM antibody titer?

Yes

• a fourfold increase in IgG antibody titer?

Yes

• histopathologic evidence of pneumonia?

Yes

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10

CDC Criteria for Pneumonia

Purpose: To diagnose pneumonia by considering clinical, chest X-ray and laboratory findings.