A clinical companion to the NICE guide on bronchiolitis

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (2015) defines bronchiolitis as a lower respiratory tract infection affecting children under two years, peaking between three and six months. It affects about one in three infants in the first year of life, making it the most common respir...

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Published inNursing children and young people Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 14 - 16
Main Authors Rogers, Eleanor, Greaves, Karen, Prosad Paul, Siba
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England RCN Publishing Company Limited 11.04.2017
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Subjects
Bronchiolitis - diagnosis
Bronchiolitis - drug therapy
Bronchiolitis - physiopathology
Female
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Nursing
Respiratory Syncytial Viruses - drug effects
Respiratory Syncytial Viruses - pathogenicity
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (2015) defines bronchiolitis as a lower respiratory tract infection affecting children under two years, peaking between three and six months. It affects about one in three infants in the first year of life, making it the most common respiratory infection in infants (NICE 2015, 2016). Of these infants, 2-3% will require admission to hospital (NICE 2016). Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common organism detected in the nasopharyngeal aspirate in hospitalised infants, although other viruses such as rhinovirus, parainfluenza virus, influenza virus, adenovirus and human metapneumovirus are increasingly being recognised (Paul et al 2016). As most infants with bronchiolitis are managed at home, the data available from the literature is not reflective of the true incidence and may represent only the ‘tip of the iceberg’.
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ISSN:2046-2336
2046-2344
DOI:10.7748/ncyp.29.3.14.s15