RT Book, Section
A1 Alverson, Brian K.
A2 Shah, Samir S.
SR Print(0)
ID 6905803
T1 Chapter 32. Bronchiolitis
T2 Pediatric Practice: Infectious Disease
YR 2009
FD 2009
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-148924-9
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6905803
RD 2022/05/27
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  are  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  over  a  half  billion  dollars  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