bronchiolitis

Key facts

Medical condition.name

Bronchiolitis

Medical condition.image

File:Bronchiolitis Medical Image.png

Medical condition.caption

Depiction of the location of bronchiolitis in the lungs and viral shedding.

Medical condition.field

Emergency medicine, pediatrics

Medical condition.symptoms

Fever, cough, runny nose, wheezing, breathing problems

Medical condition.complications

Shortness of breath, dehydration

Medical condition.onset

Less than 2 years old

Medical condition.causes

Viral disease (respiratory syncytial virus, human rhinovirus)

Medical condition.diagnosis

Based on symptoms

Medical condition.differential

Asthma, pneumonia, heart failure, allergic reaction, cystic fibrosis

Medical condition.treatment

Symptomatic treatment (oxygen, support with feeding, intravenous fluids)

Medical condition.frequency

~20% (children less than 2)

Medical condition.deaths

1% (among those hospitalized)

via Wikipedia infobox

• Bronchiolitis.Lancet (London, England) · 2022
• Viral Bronchiolitis in Children.The New England journal of medicine · 2016
• Bronchiolitis.Pediatrics in review · 2019
• Postinfectious Bronchiolitis Obliterans in Children.Canadian respiratory journal · 2025
• Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans in children.Paediatric respiratory reviews · 2022

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

Instance of

symptom or sign

Subclass of

disease

Image

Acute bronchiolitis (8519105494).jpg

via Wikidata · CC0