Commentary: Blood Eosinophilia Is Associated with Unfavorable Hospitalization Outcomes in Children with Bronchiolitis

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Amrita Dosanjh¹ 

关键词: respiratory;    respiratory syncytial virus infections;    eosinophils;    pediatrics;    cystic fibrosis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2016.00123

学科分类：儿科学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The recently published article by Shein et al. identified 1356 inpatients aged <24 months with bronchiolitis and studied the presence of eosinophils among those patients with a complete blood count. The cohort who were eosinophil-positive were found to have more prolonged hospitalization compared to the eosinophil-negative group, OR 1.88, p = 0.020. Interestingly, clinical severity as described by use of mechanical ventilation was also greater in this cohort (1).

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