title: Severe bronchiolitis in Malaysian children.
abstract: Twenty-two (42 per cent) out of 52 patients admitted with severe bronchiolitis to our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit required ventilation. Risk factors associated with ventilation included a younger mean age, female sex, low birthweight, failure to thrive and the presence of an underlying illness. Ventilated patients were also more likely to have a higher respiratory distress assessment index (RDAI) score, pneumonic infiltration on chest X-ray, lower serum sodium and a positive respiratory syncytial virus isolation in the tracheal secretion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lum
mesh_terms: D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014965:X-Rays