Clinical characteristics of patients with acute bronchiolitis who visited 146 Emergency Department in Korea in 2012.
10.4168/aard.2015.3.5.334
- Author:
Eui Jung ROH
1
;
Youn Kyung WON
;
Mi Hee LEE
;
Eun Hee CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Sun General Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Bronchiolitis;
Emergency Department;
Admission
- MeSH:
Bronchiolitis*;
Child;
Cough;
Dyspnea;
Emergencies*;
Emergency Service, Hospital*;
Female;
Fever;
Humans;
Intensive Care Units;
Korea*;
Male;
Pneumonia;
Respiratory Sounds
- From:Allergy, Asthma & Respiratory Disease
2015;3(5):334-340
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was aimed to investigate the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the patients with acute bronchiolitis who visited in 146 Emergency Departments (EDs) in Korea in 2012. METHODS: We used the NEDIS (National Emergency Department Information System) database to obtain all children with acute bronchiolitis who visited ED under the age of 3 between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012. RESULTS: Totally 18,313 children with acute bronchiolitis were enrolled at this study. The male to female ratio was 1.55:1 and mean age was 10 months. The peak proportion was 17.3% in November during the whole year. The most common chief complaints were fever (38.5%), cough (37.4%), dyspnea (9.5%), gastrointestinal symptom (6.7%), and wheezing (2.5%). The most common accompanying disease was pneumonia (13.3%). The rate of hospital admission and intensive care unit admission were 34.5% and 0.3%, respectively. A predictor for admission via ED was respiratory difficulty. CONCLUSION: These data expand our understanding of clinical characteristics of patients with acute bronchiolitis who visited all ED in Korea in 2012.
