Bronchiolitis physical examination
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Presentation
Testing for specific viral cause (e.g. RSV by nasopharyngeal aspirate) is common, but has little effect on management. Identification of RSV-positive patients can be helpful for:
- disease surveillance
- grouping ("cohorting") patients together in hospital wards as to prevent cross infection
- predicting whether the disease course has peaked yet
- reducing the need for other diagnostic procedures (by providing confidence that a cause has been identified).