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Reliability of Physical Examination Findings in Youths Diagnosed With Pneumonia

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.30074

August 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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In this study, individual auscultation findings, such as decreased breath sounds, crackles, or rhonchi, did not demonstrate sufficient reliability to be used alone for diagnosis.

Corresponding Author: Todd A. Florin, MD, MSCE, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, 225 E Chicago Ave, Box 62, Chicago, IL 60611 (taflorin@luriechildrens.org).

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