Outpatient Assessment of Infants With Bronchiolitis

Infants under 6 months with bronchiolitis are most likely to need major medical interventions in the 5 days after onset

“…Prematurity is a risk factor for apnoea during RSV infection, and 40% of the children with apnoea in our study were born prematurely . Several studies have addressed the significance of the initial oxygen saturation value for predicting disease severity or hospitalisation in patients with bronchiolitis, and baseline values of below 95% have been considered predictive of a severe disease . Our results are in line with the earlier reports, as we found an inverse association between the initial oxygen value and the need for MMI in this study.…”

Cytokine responses in infants infected with respiratory syncytial virus

“…lower SAT and higher RR. The majority of these infants were RSV+ and they were significantly younger than the RSV-infants, which is in line with the notion that RSV infection results in more serious illness at younger age [14].…”

Prospective Multicenter Study of Bronchiolitis: Predictors of an Unscheduled Visit After Discharge From the Emergency Department

“…Infants younger than 2 months have increased risk of apnea, ICU admission, prolonged hospital stay, and death. 2,3,9,10,12 Parallel to these data, our study found that infants younger than 2 months have higher risk of unscheduled visits. Prior studies also suggest that male sex may play a role in the severity of respiratory symptoms, 2,7 and we found that male sex was a predictor of post-ED unscheduled visits.…”