Introduction
The risk stratification of infants presenting to the emergency
department with bronchiolitis who are at risk for receiving airway
support during their hospital stay has been insufficiently studied. The
aim of this study was to determine the clinical predictors of
hospitalization with airway support (“escalated care”) among infants
with recurrent wheezing evaluated in the emergency department
Methods :
We conducted a retrospective cohort study in infants with one or more
wheezing episode, younger than two years of age in tertiary centers in
Rionegro, Colombia. The primary outcome measure was escalated care
defined as hospitalization plus any airway support. A multivariate
logistic regression model was performed to estimate predictors of
escalated care. To assess discrimination and calibration,
area-under-the-curve (AUC) and calibration plots were calculated.