Health Care Epidemiology Perspective on the October 2006 Recommendations of the Subcommittee on Diagnosis and Management of Bronchiolitis.
- Resource Type
- Editorial
- Authors
- Harris, Jo-Ann S.; Huskins, W. Charles; Langley, Joanne M.; Siegel, Jane D.
- Source
- Pediatrics. Oct2007, Vol. 120 Issue 4, p890-892. 3p.
- Subject
- *CLINICAL medicine
*GUIDELINES
*PEDIATRICS
*DIAGNOSTIC imaging
*HEALTH facilities
- Language
- ISSN
- 0031-4005
The authors reflect on the clinical practice guideline "Diagnosis and Management of Bronchiolitis," developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics Subcommittee on Diagnosis and Management of Bronchiolitis and published in the October 2006 issue of "Pediatrics." According to the authors, neither diagnostic imaging nor laboratory tests are needed to recognize bronchiolitis. They note that the guideline should be adopted by health care facilities in collaboration with each facility's health care epidemiologist/infection-control team.