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

Table 2

Clinical and analytic characteristics of patients included in the BRUCIP study.

Variable	Value
Origin of patients	(i) Emergency dept.: 30.2%; (ii) Hospital ward: 37%; (iii) Other hospitals: 31.7%
Onset of respiratory distress until admission to PICU	2 days (0–20 days)
Criteria for admission to PICU	(i) Severity (77.2%); (ii) Blood gases (1.9%); (iii) Apnoea (7.3%); (iv) Presence of risk factors (1.6%); (v) Mixed (6.1%)
pH on admission	7.31 (6.97–7.54)
pCO2 on admission (mmHg)	53.35 (23–116)
Positive RSV test	78%

PICU: paediatric intensive care unit; RSV: respiratory syncytial virus.