Background Previous systematic reviews have not shown clear benefit of glucocorticoids for
acute viral bronchiolitis, but their use remains considerable. Recent large trials add …

Background Bronchiolitis is the most common lower respiratory tract infection in infants. Up
to 3% of all children in their first year of life are hospitalized with bronchiolitis …

Background Bronchiolitis, the most common infection of the lower respiratory tract in infants,
is a leading cause of hospitalization in childhood. Corticosteroids are commonly used to …

Objective: To determine the utility of inhaled hypertonic saline solution to treat infants
hospitalized with viral bronchiolitis. Design: Randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. Fifty …

Objectives. We know little about the variation in diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis.
The objectives of this study were (1) to document variations in treatment and diagnostic …

Pneumoviruses are single-stranded, negative-sense, nonsegmented RNA viruses of the
family Paramyxoviridae, subfamily Pneumovirinae, and include pathogens that infect …

Designing robust clinical trials in critically ill, mechanically ventilated children requires an
understanding of the epidemiology and course of pediatric respiratory failure. As part of a …

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of lower respiratory tract
infection (LRTI) in children, causing approximately 3.6 million hospitalizations per year, and …

Objective. To determine whether corticosteroids are efficacious in treating bronchiolitis in
hospitalized infants. Methods. Online bibliographic databases (Medline, Embase, and …

Objective. High incidence, rising admission rates, and relatively ineffective therapies make
the management of bronchiolitis controversial. Since 1980, the rate of hospitalization for …