Table 3 Risk factors for severe bronchiolitis
From: UPDATE - 2022 Italian guidelines on the management of bronchiolitis in infants
• Infants born prematurely (<35 weeks’ gestation) • <3 months of age at presentation • Decreased hydration and feeding (<50% of usual fluid intake in preceding 24 h) • Hemodynamically significant cardiac disease • Chronic lung disease • Neurological disorders • Immunodeficiency • Environmental factors: exposure to tobacco smoke and or air pollution • Social factors: distance from the hospital or difficulty to access to the hospital; poor social circumstances; unreliable parents or parents do not able to spot red flag symptoms |