| Autor: |
M J, Gellida Royo, J, Maixé Ceballos, X, Allué Martínez, R, Closa Monasterolo |
| Rok vydání: |
1999 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Anales espanoles de pediatria. 50(1) |
| ISSN: |
0302-4342 |
| Popis: |
The purpose of this study was to analyze the epidemiology of bronchiolitis in our area and to determine if changes in our medical installations have affected the course of this disease.Infants less than 12 months of age with bronchiolitis that had been hospitalized between October, 1992 and January 1996 were studied retrospectively. The patients were divided into two groups; those attended in the old Pediatric Department and those seen in the new installations.In the first group, the majority of the thorax X-rays were normal and in the second air trapping was more frequently seen. The infants in the first group were admitted with a shorter evolution time and the mean hospitalization time was significantly higher (p0.05. IC = 95%: 1.68-3.62) than in the second group (7.7 +/- 3.75 vs. 5 +/- 3.36 days, respectively). In addition, this difference was even more significant (p0.05. IC = 95%: 1.22-4.38) if syncytial respiratory virus had been isolated (8.93 +/- 2.94 vs. 6 +/- 4.41 days, respectively).We did not find any epidemiological differences in our area in relationship to bronchiolitis during the past four years. We believe that the shorter hospitalization period in the second group could be attributed to working in the new facilities. |
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OpenAIRE |
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