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Acute paediatrics
Bronchiolitis hospitalisations in the Netherlands from 1991 to 1999
  1. J B M van Woensel1,
  2. W M C van Aalderen2,
  3. M C J Kneyber4,
  4. M L A Heijnen3,
  5. J L L Kimpen4
  1. 1Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  2. 2Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, Emma Children's Hospital
  3. 3National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
  4. 4Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr J B M van Woensel, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital AMC, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, Netherlands;
    j.b.vanwoensel{at}amc.uva.nl

Abstract

In order to analyse trends in the bronchiolitis hospitalisations in the Netherlands from 1991 to 1999 for children aged 0–4 years, the national number of bronchiolitis hospitalisations were compared with those of asthma and pneumonia hospitalisations of the same age group. The number of bronchiolitis hospitalisations significantly increased, whereas the number of asthma and pneumonia hospitalisations remained unchanged.

  • bronchiolitis
  • respiratory syncytial virus
  • hospitalisation
  • Netherlands
  • BPD, bronchopulmonary dysplasia
  • CHD, congenital heart disease
  • LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection
  • PICU, paediatric intensive care unit
  • RSV, respiratory syncytial virus

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.86.5.370

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