Clinical analysis of 114 cases of bronchiolitis in infants.
Antibiotics
Bronchiolitis
Diagnosis
Infants
Retrospective analysis
Treatment
Journal
World journal of clinical cases
ISSN: 2307-8960
Titre abrégé: World J Clin Cases
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101618806
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
16 Dec 2023
16 Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
22
09
2023
revised:
12
10
2023
accepted:
04
12
2023
medline:
22
12
2023
pubmed:
22
12
2023
entrez:
22
12
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Bronchiolitis is a common lower respiratory tract infection in infants and young children. Severe cases may be accompanied by obvious dyspnea and oxygen saturation decline. To summarize the clinical features, standard diagnosis, and treatment of bronchiolitis. This is a retrospective analysis of 114 pediatric patients (74 males, 40 females) who were first diagnosed as having bronchioles at the Department of Pediatrics of Tongling Maternal and Child Health Hospital from January 2019 to December 2019. The clinical features, imaging features, treatment, and other clinical data were recorded and analyzed. The age of onset of the disease was mainly from 1 mo to 6 mo (75.4%), and the time to hospital visit was mostly from the 2 Infants with bronchiolitis are mainly male and tend to have a good prognosis. However, the unneeded use of antibiotics may prolong the length of hospital stay significantly, which imposes the burden both on the patients and hospital system.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Bronchiolitis is a common lower respiratory tract infection in infants and young children. Severe cases may be accompanied by obvious dyspnea and oxygen saturation decline.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
To summarize the clinical features, standard diagnosis, and treatment of bronchiolitis.
METHODS
METHODS
This is a retrospective analysis of 114 pediatric patients (74 males, 40 females) who were first diagnosed as having bronchioles at the Department of Pediatrics of Tongling Maternal and Child Health Hospital from January 2019 to December 2019. The clinical features, imaging features, treatment, and other clinical data were recorded and analyzed.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The age of onset of the disease was mainly from 1 mo to 6 mo (75.4%), and the time to hospital visit was mostly from the 2
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Infants with bronchiolitis are mainly male and tend to have a good prognosis. However, the unneeded use of antibiotics may prolong the length of hospital stay significantly, which imposes the burden both on the patients and hospital system.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38130614
doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i35.8284
pmc: PMC10731204
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
8284-8290Informations de copyright
©The Author(s) 2023. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest for this article.