Prospective Multicentre Study on the Epidemiology and Current Therapeutic Management of Severe Bronchiolitis in Spain

Table 1

Epidemiological, family, and personal history characteristics of patients included in the BRUCIP study.

Variable	Value
Sample size ()	262 patients
Sex (male/female)	143 (54.6%)/119 (45.4%)
Age	1 month (0–23 days)
Weight	4.6 kg (1.4–14)
Stay in PICU	7 days (1–46)
Total hospital stay	11 days (3–59 days)
FH of smoking	83 patients (31.7%)
FH of atopy	66 patients (25.2%)
Breast-feeding for at least first 15 days of life	145 patients (55.3%)
Risk factor for severity	70 patients (26.7%)
(i) Premature	(i) 55 patients (21%)
(ii) Heart disease	(ii) 10 patients (3.81%)
(iii) Respiratory disease	(iii) 5 patients (1.90%)
(iv) Neuromuscular disease	(iv) 2 patients (0.8%)
Prophylaxis with palivizumab	14 patients (5.3%)

Median and range.
FH: family history; PICU: paediatric intensive care unit.