Bronchiolitis remains the leading cause of hospital admission in infancy and of paediatric intensive care unit use.1 Management of bronchiolitis has been largely limited to supportive care, reflecting ...

A study published in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society examined antibiotic prescriptions for children younger than 2 years with bronchiolitis seen in U.S. emergency rooms.

We're still in flu season, and one common illness for infants and children this time of year is bronchiolitis. Kevin R. Murphy, M.D., is board certified in pediatrics. Learn more about Kevin on the ...

The mainstays of treatment are ensuring adequate rest, hydration, and oxygenation. A humidifier can be used to help loosen sticky mucus. The decision to admit a child to the hospital is made on the ...

A major UK-led clinical trial has found that a treatment commonly used to help premature babies breathe offers no benefit for infants on life support with severe bronchiolitis — a seasonal viral ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Treating bronchiolitis outside the ICU with weight-based high-flow nasal cannula protocols reduced ICU ...

Nirsevimab therapy showed 83% effectiveness in preventing RSV-associated bronchiolitis hospitalizations in infants under 12 months. The study demonstrated significant efficacy against severe RSV cases ...

Constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans is an important respiratory illness because of its underlying irreversible fibrotic process, and is defined as concentric fibrosis in the bronchiolar submucosal ...

A single dose of the long-acting antibody nirsevimab developed to prevent respiratory syncytial virus infections (The drug has been approved at the European level to protect infants in their first ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with all pediatric hospitalizations, transfer rates for bronchiolitis were higher. Infants on public ...

Among children with a history of severe bronchiolitis during infancy, low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels (< 20 ng/mL) at 3 years were associated with an increased risk for eosinophilic ...

“We’ve been seeing lots of slip and falls lately. With the cooling and thawing, it is a good time to remind people to be extra careful. We are also still seeing a lot of seasonal respiratory viruses.