Recurrent Wheeze Exacerbations Following Acute Bronchiolitis-A Machine Learning Approach.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Acute bronchiolitis is one of the most common respiratory infections in infancy. Although most infants with bronchiolitis do not get hospitalized, infants with hospitalized bronchiolitis are more likely to develop wheeze exacerbations during the first years of life. The objective of this prospective cohort study was to develop machine learning models to predict incidence and persistence of wheeze exacerbations following the first hospitalized episode of acute bronchiolitis. Methods: One hundred thirty-one otherwise healthy term infants hospitalized with the first episode of bronchiolitis at a tertiary pediatric hospital in Athens, Greece, and 73 age-matched controls were recruited. All patients/controls were followed up for 3 years with 6-monthly telephone revie

SUBMITTER: Makrinioti H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8974688 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature