Bronchiolitis hospitalisations in the Netherlands from 1991 to 1999

J B M van Woensel; W M C van Aalderen; M C J Kneyber; M L A Heijnen; J L L Kimpen

doi:10.1136/adc.86.5.370

Bronchiolitis hospitalisations in the Netherlands from 1991 to 1999

Arch Dis Child. 2002 May;86(5):370-1. doi: 10.1136/adc.86.5.370.

Authors

J B M van Woensel¹, W M C van Aalderen, M C J Kneyber, M L A Heijnen, J L L Kimpen

Affiliation

¹ Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands. j.b.vanwoensel@amc.uva.nl

Abstract

In order to analyse trends in the bronchiolitis hospitalisations in the Netherlands from 1991 to 1999 for children aged 0-4 years, the national number of bronchiolitis hospitalisations were compared with those of asthma and pneumonia hospitalisations of the same age group. The number of bronchiolitis hospitalisations significantly increased, whereas the number of asthma and pneumonia hospitalisations remained unchanged.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Asthma / epidemiology
Asthma / therapy
Bronchiolitis / epidemiology
Bronchiolitis / therapy*
Child, Preschool
Critical Care / statistics & numerical data
Critical Care / trends
Hospitalization / trends*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Netherlands / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial / therapy
Regression Analysis
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / epidemiology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / therapy