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