Patient characteristics
BPD, bronchopulmonary dysplasia; IV, intravenous; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; VATER, vertebral/anal/tracheal/esophageal/renal syndrome. | |
Age (months) (mean (SD)) | 5.1 (3.3) |
Weight (kg) (mean (SD)) | 6.8 (3.5) |
Per cent male | 69 |
Diagnosis (n) | |
Bronchiolitis | |
RSV | 51/88 |
Adenovirus | 1/88 |
Virus unknown | 36/88 |
Required oxygen | 66/88 |
Required nasogastric/IV feeding | 49/88 |
Required IV antibiotics | 9/88 |
Required bronchodilators | 22/88 |
Average length hospital stay | 5.7 days |
Other diagnoses (n) | |
Pneumonia/atelectasis | 3 |
Cerebral palsy | 2 |
BPD | 1 |
Asthma | 3 |
VATER anomaly | 1 |
Cystic fibrosis | 1 |
Whooping cough | 1 |