Table 1.

Plethora of terms to describe acute lower respiratory tract infections experienced by infants and young children.

Viral lower respiratory tract infection

Acute viral bronchitis

Viral tracheitis

Group

Acute bronchiolitis

Viral pneumonia

Viral pneumonitis

Recurrent bronchiolitis

Wheezy bronchitis

Viral wheeze

Pre-school wheeze

Wheeze associated viral episode (WAVE)

Toddler wheeze

Happy wheezer

Recurrent wheeze

Pre-school asthma

Reactive airways disease (RAD)

Viral induced exacerbation of asthma

Transient wheeze

Transient asthma

Multi trigger wheeze

Exacerbation of persistent bacterial bronchitis