Goal: The aim of this study is to determine the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical characteristics and treatment of severe bronchiolitis at the Children Hospital N01 in 2001-2002. Materials and method: in this cross-sectional study, specimens of 51 patients with severe bronchiolitis at the Children Hospital N01 from March, 1 st 2001 to February, 28th 2002 are described and analyzed.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
51
Prematurity (gestational age ≤36 weeks), Low birth weight, Age less than 12 weeks,Chronic pulmonary disease, particularly bronchopulmonary dysplasia (also known as chronic lung disease), Anatomic defects of the airways, Hemodynamically significant congenital heart disease, Immunodeficiency, Neurologic disease
Respiratory
Ho Chi Minh City, District 10, Vietnam
RECRUITINGNumber of participants with Severe bronchiolitis at the Children Hospital N01
Bronchiolitis in infants with: * Preterm birth : gestational age \< 37 weeks * Respiratory failure: * Irritable condition * Breath rate \> 50 per minute * Hypoxiemia: SpO2 \< 94% * Poor feeding * Hemodynamically significant congenital heart disease (congennital heart failure, moderate to severe pulmonary hypertension or cyanotic heart disease)
Time frame: 2 years
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