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Co-morbidities identified in children admitted to PICU with bronchiolitis
| Number | 103 (38%) |
| Gastro-esophageal reflux disease | 47 (17%) |
| Cardiac abnormality | 44 (16%) |
| Chronic lung disease | 36 (13%) |
| Neurological | 19 (7%) |
| Airway abnormality | 18 (7%) |
| Trisomy 21 | 7 (3%) |
| Other chromosomal abnormalities | 6 (2%) |
| Allergy | 5 (2%) |
| Renal anomaly | 4 (1.5%) |
| Other syndromes | 4 (1.5%) |
| Congenital infection | 3 (1%) |
| Immune deficiency | 3 (1%) |
Please note: 60% of these patients had more than one co-morbidity
