Risk factors for intensive care need in children with bronchiolitis: a case-control study
| Autor: | İpek Akman, Müzeyyen Mamal-Torun, Filiz Sağlam, Yesim Coskun |
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| Přispěvatelé: | İstinye Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Temel Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Saglam Yarimcan, Filiz |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Intensive Care Unit Tachypnea law.invention law Risk Factors Intensive care Internal medicine Lower respiratory tract infection Humans Medicine Respiratory system Child Oxygen saturation (medicine) Health Services Needs and Demand business.industry Case-control study Infant medicine.disease Intensive care unit Hospitalization Intensive Care Units Bronchiolitis Case-Control Studies Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female medicine.symptom business |
| Popis: | Bronchiolitis is the most common cause of lower respiratory tract infection and hospitalization in infancy and some of the patients may require admission to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to severe form of the disease. The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors for ICU need. The study group was composed of 30 patients admitted to ICU with the diagnosis of bronchiolitis and 30 bronchiolitis patients that were treated in the regular ward at the same period were enrolled to the study as the control group. Clinical characteristics, laboratory and imaging data were collected and compared statistically. The mean age of the patients was 33.6 +/- 24.4 days and 202.8 +/- 179.8 days in the study and control groups respectively, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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