Acute bronchiolitis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Admitted children aged 3~24 months clinically diagnosed as acute bronchiolitis with the first episode of wheezing from October 2012 to September 2013; 2. The clinical diagnosis of acute bronchiolitis must be followed by the standard diagnosis using the ICD-10 in J21 code; 3. Definition: Acute bronchiolitis is a viral lower respiratory tract infection in children under 2 years presenting with fever, coryza, cough, wheezing and/or crackles or respiratory distress.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Those who had any chronic cardiopulmonary diseases such as congenital heart diseases, cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or immunodeficiency; 2. Children who require ventilation support or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) will be excluded; 3. Children admitted into pediatric intensive care unit (PICU); 4. Children with pneumonia.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of children ready for discharge after 72 hours; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pattern of clinical symptoms;Oxygen saturation comparision;frequency of adverse event; | — |
Countries
China