Acute bronchiolitis: Why put an IV line?

Abstract

Background Acute bronchiolitis is the most frequent cause of respiratory distress in pediatric emergency medicine. The risk of respiratory failure is frequently over evaluated, and results in systematic vascular access. Methods We conducted a prospective observational study in children under 18 months of age hospitalized for bronchiolitis. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether catheter insertion was useful for management. We monitored the number of catheters inserted in the emergency department and their subsequent use for rapid sequence intubation, adrenaline administration, or antimicrobial therapy. We recorded the number of secondary pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. Results We followed 162 patients and compared two populations, children with (population A, n = 35) and without (population B, n = 127) catheter insertion. There were no significant differences in age, oxygen saturation, heart rate, c-reactive protein, neutrophil count and the number of times nebulization was conducted at admission. Population A compared to B had a significantly higher temperature (38.1 ± 0.9 vs. 37.6 ± 0.7°C, P = 0.004) and respiratory rate (64 ±13 vs. 59 ±17, P = 0.033). Twelve patients were secondarily transferred to pediatric ICU, 3 from population A and 9 from B (NS). In a multivariate analysis, no significant relationship was found between ICU admission, venous access placement and potential confounding factors (pneumonia, age < 6 months, age < 3 months, food intake < 60%, temperature > 38° C, heart rate > 180 bpm, respiratory rate > 60/min, SpO2 < 95%, Spo2 < 90%, oxygen therapy, positive respiratory syncytial virus [RSV] sampling). Except for antimicrobial therapy (n = 32), catheters inserted in the emergency department were used in 5 patients for intravenous rehydration and in one patient in pediatric ICU for rapid sequence intubation. Conclusions There were no life-threatening events that required immediate venous access for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Medical treatment could be administered orally or via nasogastric tube in most cases. Peripheral catheterization was useless in immediate emergency management and only one child required a differed rapid sequence intubation.

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