Bronchiolitis obliterans is an uncommon cause of obstructive airway disease in adults characterised by progressive irreversible airway obstruction. Granulomatous bronchiolitis is a rare entity and tuberculosis presenting as bronchiolitis is distinctly uncommon. The authors present a case of tubercular granulomatous bronchiolitis obliterans, confirmed on histopathology, who responded completely ...

bronchiolitis has been known as one of the pathological features of lung injuries in mustard gas exposed patients the purpose of this research was to evaluate the efficacy of interferon gamma-1b on the lung function in mustard gas exposed patients with bronchiolitis. in multicenter research interferon gamma-1b was effective in pulmonary fibrosis with unknown reason, but assessment of effect of ...

CONTEXT Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes more lower respiratory tract infections, often manifested as bronchiolitis, among young children than any other pathogen. Few national estimates exist of the hospitalizations attributable to RSV, and recent advances in prophylaxis warrant an update of these estimates. OBJECTIVES To describe rates of bronchiolitis-associated hospitalizations and...

OBJECTIVE: To review the literature on general aspects of bronchiolitis obliterans, with emphasis on childhood postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans.METHODS: The most important publications on bronchiolitis obliterans were selected, using basically the Medline database (January of 1966 to September of 1999).RESULTS: This review is organized as follows: introduction, general aspects of bronchi...

PURPOSE Bronchiolitis is the most common cause of illness leading to hospitalization in young children. At present, many bronchiolitis management decisions are made subjectively, leading to significant practice variation among hospitals and physicians caring for children with bronchiolitis. To standardize care for bronchiolitis, researchers have proposed various models to predict the disease co...

summarize data from recently conducted research regarding controversial aspects of the management of children with bronchiolitis. These data suggest that chronic medical history, gestational age at birth, postnatal age, and physiological variables can identify those children at higher risk for a more severe course of bronchiolitis. Large prospective studies also suggest that the likelihood of s...

OBJECTIVES Although bronchiolitis is the leading cause of hospitalization for infants, there are limited data describing the epidemiology of bronchiolitis hospitalizations, and the associated cost is unknown. Our objective was to determine nationally representative estimates of the frequency of bronchiolitis hospitalizations and its associated costs. PATIENTS AND METHODS We analyzed the 2002 ...

BACKGROUND Bronchiolitis is common in the first two years of life and is the most frequent cause of hospitalization in this age group. No previous studies have used an episode-of-care analysis to describe the frequency, duration, and predictors of bronchiolitis episodes of care during the first two years. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 123,264 infants ≥32 weeks gestation...

background bronchiolitis is the most common lower respiratory tract infection in infants, which is often due to respiratory syncytial virus. the treatment is supportive; therefore, epidemiology, clinical, laboratory, and radiologic findings can help to prevent inappropriate use of antibiotics. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical, and laboratory characteristics of bronc...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS We have previously shown an association between reduced premorbid lung function (V'maxFRC) and bronchiolitis. We hypothesised that individuals with bronchiolitis will go on to have reduced lung function and increased respiratory symptoms in childhood. METHODS V'maxFRC was measured at 1 month of age; individuals with bronchiolitis were prospectively identified. Annual sympt...