Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Multicenter Study
Prospective multicenter study of the viral etiology of bronchiolitis in the emergency department.
To determine the viral etiology of bronchiolitis and clinical characteristics of children age < 2 years presenting to the emergency department (ED) with bronchiolitis. ⋯ In this multicenter study, RSV was the most frequent cause of bronchiolitis (64%). RV was present in 16%, and these children have a distinct profile in terms of demographics, medical history, and ED treatment.