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Risk factors include: | *Risk factors include:<ref name="pmid10885982">{{cite journal |vauthors=Falsey AR, Walsh EE |title=Respiratory syncytial virus infection in adults |journal=Clin. Microbiol. Rev. |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=371–84 |date=July 2000 |pmid=10885982 |pmc=88938 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
**Smoking | **Smoking | ||
**Cardiac disease | **Cardiac disease |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hadeel Maksoud M.D.[2]
Overview
Risk factors in the development of adult bronchiolitis include smoking, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, immunodeficiency and immunosuppression.
Risk Factors
- Risk factors include:[1]
- Smoking
- Cardiac disease
- Ischemic heart disease
- Respiratory disease
- COPD
- Low socioeconomic class
- Severe congenital or acquired neurological disease
- Airway anomalies
- such as bronchopulmonary dysplasias
- Seasonal
- Between January and March
- Steroid therapy
- Immunosuppressant drugs