A chest X-ray, left, revealed a right-sided
pneumonia, while blood results showed
a C-reactive protein concentration of
372mg/L. Normally it is less than 10mg/L.
The paediatric doctor started the boy on
intravenous cefuroxime at 50mg/kg three
times daily (Paediatric Formulary Committee
2011) and this was continued for 48 hours.
He was also given supplementary oxygen
while he slept for the first 24 hours