Clinical epidemiology and disease burden of bronchiolitis in hospitalized children in China: a national cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bronchiolitis is a common acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI) and the most frequent cause of hospitalization of infants and young children with ALRTI. Respiratory syncytial virus is the main pathogen that leads to severe bronchiolitis. The disease burden is relatively high. To date, few descriptions of the clinical epidemiology and disease burden of children hospitalized for bronchiolitis are available. This study reports the general clinical epidemiological characteristics and disease burden of bronchiolitis in hospitalized children in China.

Methods

This study included the face sheet of discharge medical records collected from 27 tertiary children's hospitals from January 2016 to December 2020 that were aggregated into the FUTang Update medical REcor

SUBMITTER: Tian J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9933022 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature