Admission rate for bronchiolitis of newborns and infants in Italian neonatal intensive care units in 2021: a survey of the Italian Society of Neonatology - Intensive Care of Early Childhood Study Group
Our survey highlights that during the RSV epidemic, NICUs admitted toddlers to receive advanced respiratory support unavailable in pediatric ICUs. Most of the NICUs admitted fewer than 10 toddlers per year and less than 10 bronchiolitis, posing skill challenges for medical staff. This supports SIN's proposal to identify some "extended NICUs" in regions with limited PICU beds, to centralize toddlers after an adequate training to gain knowledge/technical skills specific of pediatric critical care. This would help to overcome the PICU beds storage. Adherence to bronchiolitis management guidelines resulted suboptimal, with frequent but unrecommended use of inhaled steroids, bronchodilators, and antibiotics.
Authors
- Camilla Gizzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3305-7014)
- Tiziana Fedeli
- Luana Conte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8741-3478)
- Eloisa Gitto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7442-8630)
- Chiara Distefano
- Ferdinando Spagnuolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4850-406X)
- Luigi Orfeo
- Nicola Pozzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8561-798X)
- Nunzia Decembrino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6650-7881)
- Roberta Leonardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5566-4387)
- Fabio Mosca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6477-0299)
- Valeria Fichera
Institutions
- University of Messina (IT)
- University of Salento (IT)
- University of Sannio (IT)
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (IT)
- University of Catania (IT)
- Fatebenefratelli Hospital (IT)
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
- Fondazione Lanza (IT)
- Policlinico Universitario di Catania (IT)
- Ospedale Sandro Pertini (IT)
- University of Palermo (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-06-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-025-01977-x
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35