Table 1 RDAI (Respiratory Distress Assessment Instrument) score (from reference [6], modified).
From: Therapeutic approach to bronchiolitis: why pediatricians continue to overprescribe drugs?
| Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptoms | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Maximum score | |
| Expiration | None | End expiration | Half expiration | 3/4th expiration | Continuous | 4 | |
| Wheezing | Inspiration | None | Partial | Continuous | 2 | ||
| Location | None | < 2/4th lung fields | > 3/4th lung fields | 2 | |||
| Supraclavicular | None | Mild | Moderate | Severe | 3 | ||
| Chest | Intercostal | None | Mild | Moderate | Severe | 3 | |
| Subcostal | None | Mild | Moderate | Severe | 3 | ||
| Total | 17 | ||||||