TY - JOUR ID - 253170 TI - Predictive Value of Serum Copeptin as a Severity Marker of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Pediatrics JO - The Medical Journal of Cairo University JA - MJCU LA - en SN - 0045-3803 AU - EMAN MAHMOUD FOUDA, M.D., MAHMOUD MOHAMED FOUAD, M.B.B.CH.; AU - HEBA ALLAH AHMED ALI, M.D., EMAN ABDEL-MONIEM EL-GOHARY, M.D.; AD - AD - The Departments of Pediatrics* and Clinical Pharmacy**, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 90 IS - 6 SP - 755 EP - 769 KW - Community-acquired pneumonia KW - CAP KW - Copeptin KW - Procalcitonin DO - 10.21608/mjcu.2022.253170 N2 - AbstractBackground: Community-acquired pneumonia is the most severe form of acute respiratory infections.Aim of Study: This study aimed to assess the level of copeptin in community- acquired pneumonia in children.Patients and Methods: A cross- sectional study was conducted on 40 children with community acquired pneumoniaand another 30 healthy children as controls. Imaging techniques as X-ray, and computed topography were used toassess the diagnosis of pneumonia.Results: Blood levels of copeptin in children with pneumonia with a median of 55 pmol/L were much higher thancopeptin levels in controls groups (p-value <0.001).Pneumonia complications were reported in 15 (50.0%) Conclusion: Serum blood levels of copeptin might beused as a diagnostic measure for community- acquired pneumonia. UR - https://mjcu.journals.ekb.eg/article_253170.html L1 - https://mjcu.journals.ekb.eg/article_253170_2afdc231dc99739b06cb87eb937bda3d.pdf ER -