title: [Respiratory failure in infants with acute bronchiolitis (author's transl)].
abstract: From 1974 until April 1977 232 babies with acut bronchiolitis were hospitalized at the Landeskinder-krankenhaus Linz. They represented 8% of all babies admitted to the ward during this period. 9 (= 3,9%) of these were sucessfully mechanically ventilated because of respiratory failure. A pCO2 level above 60 mm Hg was taken as an sign of respiratory insufficiency. By application of artificial ventilation mortality rate of acut bronchiolitis can further be decreased.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001990:Bronchiolitis, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D010313:Partial Pressure; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide
vernacular_title: Respiratorische Insuffizienz bei akuter Bronchiolitis im Säuglingsalter.