title: Do we really ponder about necessity of intravenous hydration in acute bronchiolitis?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The goal was to establish the role of intravenous hydration therapy on mild bronchiolitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a retrospective case control study. Infants between 1 month and 2 years of age admitted to our general pediatrics ward between June 2012 and June 2013 with a diagnosis of uncomplicated acute bronchiolitis were enrolled to the study. Hospital medical files were reviewed to get information about children personal history, symptoms of the disease, disease severity scores and their management. Patients were classified into 4 groups according to the management; nebulized short-acting β2-agonist (salbutamol) +hydration; nebulized short-acting β2-agonist (salbutamol); hydration and neither bronchodilator nor hydration. We examined length of stay in the hospital as an outcome measure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 94 infants were studied. There was no significant difference between groups in terms of length of stay in hospital.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IV hydration is not effective on length of stay in hospital in mild acute bronchiolitis patients.
authors.affiliation: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Çanakkale, Türkiye.
authors.forename: Şule
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Yıldırım
authors.affiliation: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Çanakkale, Türkiye.
authors.forename: Nazan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaymaz
authors.affiliation: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Çanakkale, Türkiye.
authors.forename: Naci
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Topaloğlu
authors.affiliation: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Çanakkale, Türkiye.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Köksal Binnetoğlu
authors.affiliation: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Çanakkale, Türkiye.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tekin
authors.affiliation: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Çanakkale, Türkiye.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aylanç
authors.affiliation: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Çanakkale, Türkiye.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Battal
authors.affiliation: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Çanakkale, Türkiye.
authors.forename: Burçin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gön Uuml Ll Uuml
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000420:Albuterol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000628:therapy*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D000420:Albuterol
keywords: Bronchiolitis; fluid therapy; hospitalization; patient care management