Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Trop Pediatr, 2000 Aug;46(4):234-6.
PMID: 10996986

Abstract

Twenty-two (42 per cent) out of 52 patients admitted with severe bronchiolitis to our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit required ventilation. Risk factors associated with ventilation included a younger mean age, female sex, low birthweight, failure to thrive and the presence of an underlying illness. Ventilated patients were also more likely to have a higher respiratory distress assessment index (RDAI) score, pneumonic infiltration on chest X-ray, lower serum sodium and a positive respiratory syncytial virus isolation in the tracheal secretion.

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