Comparative analysis of infection-associated and non-infection-associated pulmonary embolism in children: a multicenter retrospective cohort study
Fengqin Liu, Sixian Liu, Lejia Zhang, Zhilang Lin, Jing Zhang, Huijuan Xu, Bing Liu, Tian Shen, Yuan Wen, Mengze Hu, Lirong Sun, Gang Liu, Xiaochuan Wu, Yi Zhang, Rong Liu, Xiaoyun Jiang, Xing Chen, Juan Xiao · 2026
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Fengqin Liu and co-authors compare, in a 2026 study, lung artery clots in children that arrive with infection against those that arrive without. Clots in children are uncommon, and infection's role in them was poorly mapped. The team gathered 196 cases from eight Chinese children's hospitals over twenty years and split them by whether a body-wide infection was present.
Three quarters of the cases came with infection, most of those from chest infections, and a fifth of the infected group traced to one pneumonia germ. Infected children showed hotter inflammation, more chest pain, and more coughing of blood. Blood thinners proved equally safe in both groups. Infected children without other diseases cleared their clots far faster, in weeks rather than most of a year. Overall deaths were few, though some children kept lasting heart and lung problems.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fengqin Liu, Sixian Liu, Lejia Zhang, Zhilang Lin, Jing Zhang, Huijuan Xu, Bing Liu, Tian Shen, Yuan Wen, Mengze Hu, Lirong Sun, Gang Liu, Xiaochuan Wu, Yi Zhang, Rong Liu, Xiaoyun Jiang, Xing Chen, Juan Xiao |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |