RT Book, Section
A1 Riese, Jeffrey
A1 Alverson, Brian K.
A2 Shah, Samir S.
A2 Kemper, Alex R.
A2 Ratner, Adam J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1157321672
T1 Bronchiolitis
T2 Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861536
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157321672
RD 2024/04/25
AB Bronchiolitis,  a  common  communicable  respiratory  illness  manifesting  with  signs  of  small  airways  inflammation,  primarily  affects  children  younger  than  2  years.  Over  one  in  five  children  will  have  bronchiolitis-associated  wheezing  in  the  first  year  of  life.1  Bronchiolitis  is  the  most  common  cause  of  hospitalization  of  children  in  the  United  States.  Between  1%  and  3%  of  all  children  are  hospitalized  as  a  result  of  bronchiolitis;  one  in  four  infants  hospitalized  for  bronchiolitis  will  be  younger  than  6  weeks  of  age,  and  over  half  are  younger  than  6  months  of  age.  The  mean  length  of  hospital  stay  for  children  is  3  days  (interquartile  range  2–5  days),  and  the  cost  for  care  is  estimated  at  >$0.5  billion  annually.2–4  Despite  the  high  prevalence  of  the  disease  and  high  rates  of  hospitalization,  bronchiolitis  is  responsible  for  only  about  100  pediatric  deaths  each  year  in  the  United  States.5