ReviewWorld journal of pediatrics : WJP2017
Etiology and clinical features of viral bronchiolitis in infancy.
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Comparison of 3% Normal Saline Nebulization Versus Steroid Nebulization in the Treatment of Bronchiolitis
A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Comparative Efficacy of Hypertonic Saline vs Adrenaline Nebulization in Acute Bronchiolitis in Children
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in an Italian Pediatric Cohort: Genomic Analysis and Circulation Pattern in the Season 2022-2023.Journal of medical virology · 2025Article
- Drivers of Bronchodilator Use in Bronchiolitis: Analyzing Treatment Trends From Pediatric Emergency Department Practices.Pediatric emergency care · 2025Article
- Clinical relevance of bacterial and/or viral coinfection in acute bronchiolitis in an Italian neonatal unit during the 2021-2023 seasons.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Manual Bronchial Clearance Techniques in the Treatment of Bronchiolitis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Bronchiolitis: Increased severity in the post-COVID-19 era.Pediatric pulmonology · 2024Article
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- Outpatient respiratory syncytial virus infections and novel preventive interventions.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2024Review
- Hospitalization for bronchiolitis in children aged ≤ 1year, Southern Italy, year 2021: need for new preventive strategies?Italian journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Nasal TSLP and periostin in infants with severe bronchiolitis and risk of asthma at 4 years of age.Respiratory research · 2023Observational
- Long-Term Infection and Pathogenesis in a Novel Mouse Model of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus.Viruses · 2022Article
- Effects of nebulized epinephrine in association with hypertonic saline for infants with acute bronchiolitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Health science reports · 2022Review
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- Clinico-virological Profile, Intensive Care Needs, and Outcome of Infants with Acute Viral Bronchiolitis: A Prospective Observational Study.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2021Article
- The epidemiologic and clinical features of viral agents among hospitalized children with lower respiratory tract infections.Turk pediatri arsivi · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundBronchiolitis is a common lower respiratory tract infection in infancy. The aim of this review is to present the clinical profile of viral bronchiolitis, the different culprit viruses and the disease severity in relation to the viral etiology. DATA SOURCES: Databases including PubMed and Google Scholar were searched for articles about the clinical features of bronchiolitis and its viral etiology. The most relevant articles to the scope of this review were analyzed.
resultsCurrently there are two main definitions for bronchiolitis which are not identical, the European definition and the American one. The most common viral pathogen that causes bronchiolitis is respiratory syncytial virus which was identified in 1955; now many other viruses have been implicated in the etiology of bronchiolitis such as rhinovirus, adenovirus, metapneumovirus, and bocavirus. Several studies have attempted to investigate the correlation of bronchiolitis severity with the type of detected virus or viruses. However, the results were not consitent.
conclusionsFor the time being, the diagnosis of bronchiolitis remains clinical. The isolation of the responsible respiratory pathogens does not seem to confer to the prognosis of the disease severity.
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