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Archivos de Pediatría del Uruguay
versión impresa ISSN 0004-0584versión On-line ISSN 1688-1249
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BOYADJIAN, Shushanik et al. Bronchiolitis in neonates: A four-year experience in a Pediatric Hospital that is a national reference . Arch. Pediatr. Urug. [online]. 2015, vol.86, n.4, pp.2-2. ISSN 0004-0584.
Introduction: bronchiolitis is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children a frequent cause of consultation and hospitalization in winter months. Objective: to describe epidemiology etiology evolution and treatments applied to infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis between 2010 and 2013. Methods: descriptive retrospective study. All newborns hospitalized for bronchiolitis were included in the study. Variables: gestational age sex comorbidities environmental history etiologic agent days of hospitalization respiratory failure high-flow oxygen admission to intensive care mechanical ventilation death. Results: 226 neonates were admitted 51.3 of them were male average hospital stay was 6.5 days. 75.2 domestic partners had respiratory infections 28.3 smoked 9.7 presented congenital heart disease and 7.9 were preterm. Respiratory syncytial virus was isolated in 59.5 . 9.7 received high-flow oxygen. 11.5 were admitted to intensive care 34.6 of the latter needed mechanical ventilatory support. No deaths were reported. Conclusions: the number of hospitalizations for bronchiolitis in infants is not negligible. Respiratory syncytial virus is the etiologic agent identified and the cause of a higher number of admissions to intensive care. No deaths were observed.
Palabras clave : BRONCHIOLITIS; INFANT NEWBORN .