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Acute Bronchiolitis in Children

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Acute bronchiolitis caused by a viral infection of small airways is the leading reason for hospital admission in children younger than 1 year of age [1, 2]. There is no definite age limitation of bronchiolitis. According to the different guidelines, the upper age limit varies from 6 or 12 months up to 2 years. Still, the term is broadly used for infants who experienced an episode of wheezing before the first birthday [3, 4]. Approximately one-third of infants will develop clinical bronchiolitis episodes, in particular, caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) during winter months [5].

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  1. Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey

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Şimşek, I.E., Aydoğan, M., Arısoy, A.E. (2022). Acute Bronchiolitis in Children. In: Cingi, C., Arısoy, E.S., Bayar Muluk, N. (eds) Pediatric ENT Infections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80691-0_77

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