Despite a decline in overall bronchiolitis hospitalizations among US children from 2000 to 2009, the proportion of cases requiring mechanical ventilation and associated hospital charges significantly increased.
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Declining bronchiolitis hospitalizations with rising ventilation rates may indicate greater severity; leaves open whether disease patterns or coding changed.
Hasegawa et al. (2013) studied this question.
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