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Bronquiolitis

Última revisão: 16 Jul 2025
Última atualização: 20 Dec 2024

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presencia de factores de riesgo
  • tos
  • taquipnea
  • sibilancia
  • retracciones, gruñidos y aleteo nasal
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • rinitis
  • fluctuación de los hallazgos clínicos
  • irritabilidad, malestar general y mala alimentación
  • fiebre <40 °C (<104 °F)
  • crepitaciones
  • apnea
  • asincronía toracoabdominal
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Fatores de risco

  • lactantes <3 años
  • meses de invierno
  • prematuridad o displasia broncopulmonar
  • exposición pasiva al humo de tabaco y contaminación atmosférica
  • alteración de la depuración y la función de las vías respiratorias
  • cardiopatía congénita
  • inmunodeficiencia
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • oximetría de pulso
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • detección de antígeno mediante ensayo de inmunoabsorción enzimática (ELISA) rápido
  • radiografía de tórax
  • reacción en cadena de la polimerasa con transcriptasa inversa (RT-PCR)
Detalhes completos

Novos exames

  • pruebas de función pulmonar en lactantes

Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

bronquiolitis confirmada

Colaboradores

Autores

Howard B. Panitch, MD

Professor

Division of Pulmonary Medicine

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia

PA

Declarações

HBP is a member of the American Thoracic Society's Guideline Committee, Long-Term Oxygen Therapy for Infants and Children, past Chair of the American College of Chest Physicians' Home Based Mechanical Ventilation and Neuromuscular Disease NetWork, a member of the ATS guideline committee on bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), and a member of the current new guideline committee updating the BPD Statement. He is a member of the planning committee of the Pediatric Assembly of the American Thoracic Society, and receives royalties from Up-To-Date for the review of two topics (Spirometry in Children and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia).

Agradecimentos

Professor Panitch would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Isaac Desheng Liu, Dr Woon Li Seo, Dr Jennifer L. Nayak, Dr Caroline B. Hall, and Dr Clement L. Ren, previous contributors to this topic.

Declarações

IDL, WLS, JLN, and CLR declare that they have no competing interests. CBH is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Revisores

Robert Welliver, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Women and Children's Hospital

Buffalo

NY

Declarações

RW declares that he has no competing interests.

Giovanni Piedimonte, MD

Wyeth Research Scholar Professor and Chair

Department of Pediatrics

WVU School of Medicine

Physician-in-Chief

WVU Children's Hospital

Morgantown

WV

Declarações

GP declares that he has no competing interests.

H. Cody Meissner, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Infectious Disease

Department of Pediatrics

Tufts-New England Medical Center

Boston

MA

Declarações

HCM is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

John Henderson, MBBS

Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

University of Bristol

Bristol

UK

Declarações

JH declares that he has no competing interests.

Referências

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Principais artigos

McCulloh R, Koster M, Ralston S, et al. Use of intermittent vs continuous pulse oximetry for nonhypoxemic infants and young children hospitalized for bronchiolitis: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Oct;169(10):898-904.Texto completo  Resumo

Cunningham S, Rodriguez A, Adams T, et al. Oxygen saturation targets in infants with bronchiolitis (BIDS): a double-blind, randomised, equivalence trial. Lancet. 2015 Sep 12;386(9998):1041-8.Texto completo  Resumo

Lin J, Zhang Y, Xiong L, et al. High-flow nasal cannula therapy for children with bronchiolitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Dis Child. 2019 Jun;104(6):564-76. Resumo

Farley R, Spurling GK, Eriksson L, et al. Antibiotics for bronchiolitis in children under two years of age. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Oct 9;(10):CD005189.Texto completo  Resumo

Zhang L, Mendoza-Sassi RA, Wainwright CE, et al. Nebulised hypertonic saline solution for acute bronchiolitis in infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Apr 4;4(4):CD006458.Texto completo  Resumo

Liet JM, Ducruet T, Gupta V, et al. Heliox inhalation therapy for bronchiolitis in infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Sep 18;(9):CD006915.Texto completo  Resumo

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