Table 1.
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the patients at the BCH episode and during the follow-up visit 12 months after this acute episode
| Infants with bronchiolitis (n = 49) | |
|---|---|
| Age (months)a | 3.1 ± 0.47 |
| <6 months | 38/49 (77.6) |
| >6 months <12 months | 11/49 (22.4) |
| Male (%) | 63.3 |
| Hospital stay (days)a | 4 ± 0.3 |
| Prematurity (%) | 14.3 |
| Temperature > 37.9 °C (%) | 16.3 |
| Hypoxia (SatO2 < 95%) (%) | 81.6 |
| High-flow oxygen/ICU admission (%) | 36 |
| Antibiotic treatment (%) | 18.4 |
| Passive smoking (%) | 18/40 (45) |
| Breastfeeding (%) | 28/35 (80) |
| Positive viral identification | 35/48 (72.9) |
| Coinfection (%) | 34.3 |
| RSV (%) | 65.7 |
| HRV (%) | 42.9 |
| Others (%) | 31.4 |
| Follow-up visit data (1 year after BCH; n = 49) | |
| Wheezing post BCH (%) | 19/49 (38.8) |
| Number of episodesb | 1 ± 0.16 |
| Use of bronchodilators (%) | 19/49 (38.8) |
| Use of inhaled corticosteroids (%) | 7/19 (36.8) |
| Hospitalizations (%) | 2/19 (10.5) |
BCH bronchiolitis
aMedian plus or minus standard error of the mean (SEM)
bMean plus or minus standard deviation (SD)