Bronchiolitis hospitalizations in infants significantly increase risk of later admissions for asthma, wheezing, and respiratory infections, Pulmonology Advisor reports.
Overall, 2.7% of the infants had at least 1 admission for bronchiolitis. Of these, 21.7% had another respiratory hospital admission by age 5 years compared with 8% of infants who did not have a previous bronchiolitis admission.
