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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Infants with pneumonia complicated by heart failure treatment strategies Keywords: heart failure therapy in infants with severe pneumonia Infants with pneumonia refers to 1 month after birth -3 years old, due to the invasion of pathogenic micro-organisms caused by inflammation of the lungs, for the common community-acquired pneumonia, common diseases of pneumonia due to bacteria and viruses. Bacterial infections with Streptococcus pneumoniae more common. The virus is mainly respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, influenza and parainfluenza viruses. In recent years, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, chlamydia and Haemophilus influenzae are increasing. Often from the respiratory pathogen invasion, a small number of blood line of human lung. If the strong poisoning pathogens, patients with high-risk factors: congenital heart disease, congenital or chronic diseases. Include softening of larynx and trachea, lung, thoracic congenital malformations of the respiratory disease; neonatal lung disease, chronic lung disease left; HIE sequelae, neuromuscular, diarrheal diseases, and malnutrition, congenital metabolic diseases, and the lungs on the basis of infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia or improper treatment. In addition to lung inflammation things often involving non-pulmonary organ damage occurs, said those with severe pneumonia. A common clinical infant with severe pneumonia and heart failure, respiratory failure, toxic encephalopathy, microcirculatory disturbances (shock), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and so on. Heart failure is the most common complication of severe pneumonia. Hospitals in nearly three years now I have pneumonia in infants and young children, and cases of heart failure are summarized below. 1 General Information Infants were treated 520 cases of children with pneumonia and congestive heart failure, in which mainly small infants, aged “for 6 months 260 cases (50%) and the