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Bronchiolitis: doing less and still getting better.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Cornfield, David N. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | * Abbreviation: RSV — : respiratory syncytial virus Infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is among the universal experiences of childhood. Worldwide, by 1 year of life, half of all children have been infected with RSV and by 2 years of age, virtually all children have been infected with RSV.1 Unlike many viral infections, it is the prevalence, as opposed to the severity, of infection that motivates our collective focus on the optimal treatment course for infants with RSV. Although acknowledging that in some small subset of high-risk infants, preventive strategies are justified,2,3 the focus of this commentary concerns a randomized, controlled trial of treatment with nebulized hypertonic saline in infants with acute bronchiolitis published in this issue of Pediatrics .4 In general, bronchiolitis results primarily from RSV infection and causes a few days of congestive symptoms before resolving spontaneously. Despite suggestions that RSV infection increases the longitudinal risk for developing asthma, there is little direct evidence in support of such an association.5 In fact, … Address correspondence to David N. Cornfield, MD, Center for Excellence in Pulmonary Biology, 770 Welch Rd, Suite 350, Stanford, CA 94304. E-mail: cornfield{at}stanford.edu |
| Starting Page | 95 |
| Ending Page | 107 |
| Page Count | 13 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1542/peds.2013-3250 |
| PubMed reference number | 24344113 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 133 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/133/1/e213.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-3250 |
| Journal | Pediatrics |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |