Uriarte MAE, Pérez PE, López GY, Capote PJL, Fernández GA, Herrera L, Penichet CJR

Language: Spanish
References: 25
Page: 835-842
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ABSTRACT

Bronchiolitis is the most common viral infection of the lower respiratory tract in childhood; it is considered the most severe respiratory condition that affects children under 2 years of age. In general, mortality from bronchiolitis is low, but it can reach up to 30% in patients at risk. Twenty children have died from this condition in the pediatric hospital of Cienfuegos in the last 30 years. Bronchiolitis-related deaths account for approximately 4 % of all deaths from 2010 to date. This fact has led to the implementation of administrative measures to reduce deaths from this cause, which have not solved the problem. The aim of this paper is to present a set of criteria for admission of bronchiolitis patients to intensive care units in order to be considered by the administrators of the institution. These criteria based on the authors’ experience and scientific evidence reflected in the literature focus on preventing overcrowding of this service with patients not showing elements of serious condition, and on the contrary, timely identifying those likely to have an unfavourable outcome.

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