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 |