1. [Correlation between fever and the clinical severity of acute bronchiolitis].
- Author
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Butnariu A, Chindriş AM, Giurgiu D, and Leucuţa A
- Subjects
- Acute Disease, Female, Hospitalization, Humans, Infant, Length of Stay, Male, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Bronchiolitis, Viral complications, Fever virology, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections complications
- Abstract
Introduction: The relationship between fever and the severity of acute infant bronchiolitis has been little studied, and the results of the few published studies are not concordant., Aim: To assess the significance of fever in children aged under 1 year with acute bronchiolitis., Material: 83 children aged between 0-1 year; hospitalized with the diagnosis of acute bronchiolitis during the winter of 2004-2005, assigned to two groups, with febrile bronchiolitis and afebrile bronchiolitis, respectively., Method: The evaluation of patients using a clinical score including respiratory effort, O2 saturation, respiratory rate, and the statistical processing of results comparatively in the two study groups., Results: The mean duration of hospitalization was 5.8 days for febrile patients compared to 4.4 days for afebrile patients (p = 0.003). Infants with febrile bronchiolitis had a more severe clinical picture, evaluated by the clinical score, compared to afebrile patients (p = 0.03)., Conclusion: Fever associated with acute bronchiolitis in children aged 0-1 year has the significance of a higher clinical severity and prolonged evolution of the disease.
- Published
- 2005