symptoms usually peak between 3 and 5 days, and that cough resolves in 90% of infants within 3 weeks
approximately 1 in 3 infants will develop clinical bronchiolitis in the first year of life and 2-3% of all infants require hospitalization
in 2011/12 in England, there were 30,451 secondary care admissions for the management of bronchiolitis
it is uncommon for bronchiolitis to cause death. In 2009/10 in England, there were 72 recorded deaths of children within 90 days of hospital admission for bronchiolitis
more recent study evidence show a mortality rate of 0.24% in hospitalised children (2)
Munoz-Quiles C et al. Population based analysis of bronchiolitis epidemiology in Valencia, Spain. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2016;35(3):275-80
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