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.

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.

Hospitalized patients with diagnosis of bronchiolitis

The datasets used and/or generated during this study will be made available after the publication of results

Avaliable after the publication

Upon researcher's personal request