Diagnostic discordance and differential diagnoses of community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department
Susanne Simon, Jan Fuge, Christopher Alexander Hinze, Santiago Ewig, Tobias Welte, Torben Brod, Jessica Rademacher · 2026
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Susanne Simon and co-authors report a 2026 journal article on how often a first diagnosis of pneumonia holds up by discharge. Pneumonia is a lung infection, here caught outside hospital. The team compared first and final diagnoses in 1,385 adults treated in Hannover, Germany.
The first diagnosis was confirmed in only about half the cases. The most common replacements were other lung conditions, then heart conditions, then kidney problems. Confirmed cases had clearly higher CRP, a blood marker of inflammation, and slightly higher body temperature. Even so, single tests split the groups poorly. The authors urge a careful second look after admission to cut wrong diagnoses and needless antibiotics.
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| CREATOR | Susanne Simon, Jan Fuge, Christopher Alexander Hinze, Santiago Ewig, Tobias Welte, Torben Brod, Jessica Rademacher |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33030 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |