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ReviewJournal of pediatric intensive care2023

Acute Viral Bronchiolitis: A Narrative Review.

Suresh K Angurana, Vijai Williams, Lalit Takia

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Review in Journal of pediatric intensive care, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Survey of Practice Variations in Management of Acute Viral Bronchiolitis in India (PRERNI-PAVB Survey).Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2026
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  6. Clinical Profile, Intensive Care Needs, and Outcome of Children with Adenoviral Pneumonia: A Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025
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  10. 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 · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Suresh K AnguranaDivision of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Vijai WilliamsPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Perumbakkam, Chennai, India.
Lalit TakiaDivision of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · INGlobal Hospitals · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute viral bronchiolitis (AVB) is the leading cause of hospital admissions among infants in developed and developing countries and associated with increased morbidity and cost of treatment. This review was performed to guide the clinicians managing AVB in light of evidence accumulated in the last decade. We searched published English literature in last decade regarding etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of AVB using PubMed and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Respiratory syncytial virus is the most common causative agent. The diagnosis is mainly clinical with limited role of diagnostic investigations and chest radiographs are not routinely indicated. The management of AVB remains a challenge, as the role of various interventions is not clear. Supportive care in form of provision of heated and humidified oxygen and maintaining hydration are main interventions. The use of pulse oximetry helps to guide the administration of oxygen. Trials and systematic reviews evaluated various interventions like nebulized adrenaline, bronchodilators and hypertonic saline, corticosteroids, different modes of noninvasive ventilation (high-flow nasal cannula [HFNC], continuous positive airway pressure [CPAP], and noninvasive positive pressure ventilation [NPPV]), surfactant, heliox, chest physiotherapy, and antiviral drugs. The interventions which showed some benefits in infants and children with AVB are adrenaline and hypertonic saline nebulization, HFNC, CPAP, NIV, and surfactant. The routine administration of antibiotics, bronchodilators, corticosteroids, steam inhalation, chest physiotherapy, heliox, and antiviral drugs are not recommended.

Indexed as

HFNChypertonic salinenebulizationrespiratory syncytial viruswheezing

Identifiers

PMID37082471
PMCPMC10113010
OpenAlexW3082157374

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