Table 5 Scoring of the acute bronchiolitis severity scale
From: UPDATE - 2022 Italian guidelines on the management of bronchiolitis in infants
Score | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wheezing | No | Wheezing at end of expiration | Wheezing throughout expiration | Wheezing during inspiration-expiration | Severe hypoventilation |
Crackles | No | Crackles in 1 field | Crackles in 2 fields | Crackles in 3 fields | Crackles in 4 fields |
Effort | No effort | Subcostal or lower intercostal retractions | + Suprasternal retractions or nasal flaring | + Nasal flaring and suprasternal retractions (universal) | |
I:E ratioa | Normal | Symmetrical | Inverted |