Table 1 Population characteristics of the cohorts of children hospitalized in the Pediatric Department due to bronchiolitis
2017–2018 N = 29 | 2018–2019 N = 25 | 2019–2020 N = 35 | 2020–2021 N = 2 | 2021–2022 N = 50 | Total N = 141 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (days), median (min–max) | 72 (25–338) | 73 (37–358) | 78 (22–247) | 31 (27–34) | 63 (22–316) | 40 (22–358) |
Risk factors (none/other disease/prematurity) | 8/29 (21/2/6) | 5/25 (20/2/3) | 11/35 (24/4/7) | 0/2 (2/0/0) | 13/50 (37/6/7) | 37/141 (104/14/23) |
Silverman Score (0/1/2/3/unknown) | 3/11/10/3/2 | 9/8/7/1/0 | 5/13/16/1/0 | 1/1/0/0/0 | 8/13/24/5/0 | 26/46/57/10/2 |
O2 Saturation, median (min–max) | 93 (86–100) | 92 (77–100) | 95 (88–100) | 98 (97–100) | 95 (78–100) | 89 (77–100) |
Weight (kg), median (min–max) | 5 (3.5–9) | 5.5 (4–9.7) | 5.25 (3.16–9.05) | 4.75 (4–10.2) | 4.9 (2.8–9.3) | 4.2 (2.8–10.2) |
Length of Admission (days), median (min–max) | 7 (2–43) | 7 (3–13) | 6 (2–17) | 3 (3–4) | 7 (2–20) | 6.5 (2–43) |
Respiratory Support (none/O2 low flow/HFNC/CPAP) | 27/29 (2/4/22/1) | 19/25 (6/3/12/4) | 28/35 (7/4/23/1) | 1/2 (1/0/1/0) | 42/50 (8/5/33/4) | 116/141 (24/16/91/10) |
Length of Respiratory Support, days, median (min–max) | 5.5 (0–21) | 6 (0–12) | 4 (0–13) | 0.5 (0–1) | 6 (0–19) | 5.5 (0–21) |
Need of Intensive Care Unit, (%) | 7/29 (24%) | 4/25 (16%) | 5/35 (14%) | 0/2 (0%) | 20/50 (40%) | 36/141 (25%) |
Need for nasogastric feeding | 5/29 | 3/25 | 4/35 | 0/2 | 10/50 | 22/141 |
Need for intravenous fluids | 12/29 | 17/25 | 13/35 | 0/2 | 15/50 | 57/141 |
Viral etiology (RSV/ non RSV/ unknown) | 23/4/2 | 18/6/1 | 23/8/4 | 0/2/0 | 39/11/0 | 103/31/7 |