Utility of Severity Scales in Clinical Practice in Children Hospitalized Due to Bronchiolitis.

Szpital im. Św. Jadwigi Śląskiej

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Bronchiolitis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06737159

4/PNDR/2023

Details and patient eligibility

About

Prospective observational study of patients hospitalized with bronchiolitis. The objective of our study is to compare the accuracy of commonly used clinical scales for bronchiolitis to predict relevant outcomes.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 weeks to 24 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Children eligible for the trial must fulfil all of the following criteria:

1. Children admitted to the hospital with the clinical diagnosis of acute bronchiolitis, which is defined as an apparent viral respiratory tract infection associated with airway obstruction manifested by at least one of following symptoms:

• Tachypnoea (WHO definition).

• Increased respiratory effort manifested as follows:

  1. Nasal flaring;
  2. Grunting;
  3. Use of accessory muscles;
  4. Intercostal and/or subcostal chest wall retractions;
  5. Apnoe.

• Crackles and/or wheezing. 2. Aged 5 weeks - 24 months old.

Exclusion criteria

1. Diagnosis or suspicion of asthma.