Monitoring

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Monitoring

Observations as per local hospital guidelines and Early Warning Tools (EWTs) are appropriate for monitoring infants with bronchiolitis.

Do not routinely use a formal bronchiolitis severity scoring system to predict need for hospital admission or length of stay in infants presenting or admitted to hospital with bronchiolitis. (Evidence quality: very low; recommendation strength: weak)

Do not routinely use continuous pulse oximetry for medical management of non-hypoxaemic infants with bronchiolitis who are not receiving supplemental oxygen, or in stable infants receiving low flow oxygen therapy, who are not at risk of apnoea. (Evidence quality: moderate; recommendation strength: conditional)