Background and Objective: Acute viral bronchiolitis is an important cause of severe low respiratory tract infection in infants worldwide, with significant burden on the healthcare systems.

For many, infection causes mild upper respiratory tract illness that resembles the common cold, but in up to 40% of infected children the disease progresses to an LRTI such as bronchiolitis or ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics IS seeing an increase in cases of flu and RSV this week. WellSpan Pediatric Medicine ...

Acute bronchiolitis is a condition that can cause breathing difficulties and is the most common cause of hospitalisation in babies. Many treatments have been tested, including steroids and antiviral ...

Bronchiolitis is an inflammation of the small airways (bronchioles) and most often affects infants less than 2 years of age. Bronchitis causes inflammation of the bronchi (and bronchioles to a ...

The common bug can trigger infections such as pneumonia or bronchiolitis. Young children deemed "high risk" may be given a vaccine each winter to help reduce the risk of them developing a serious ...

can be a bigger risk for them than it is for older children and adults, causing the lung infection bronchiolitis and sometimes even pneumonia. Thankfully, new antibody shots are available for infa ...

Some babies may develop into bronchiolitis, which can cause serious breathing difficulties that will need to be treated in a hospital. In the week leading to November 24, hospital visits for ...

In children under one one-year-old, an infection can in particular become bronchiolitis or pneumonia. “There is nothing more ...

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a commonly found virus that can cause respiratory illness. Although it typically has no ...

Flu cases are surging across the commonwealth but for the youngest Pennsylvanians, another potentially dangerous respiratory ...

Why this is important:- In children with bronchiolitis there is clinical uncertainty about the prediction of deterioration. There are a number of clinical scores for bronchiolitis that include ...