Current treatment of acute bronchiolitis

The most common lower respiratory tract infection in infants younger than two years is acute viral bronchiolitis that is leading cause of hospitalisation under six months of age. Little worldwide consensus exists about the best management strategies for this common disease are caring airway, maintenance of adequate hydration and oxygenation. Managements and the results in the use of bronchodilators, epinephrine and corticosteroids for bronchiolitis are conflicting. There is considerable controversy regarding its management in our country too. Here we review the treatment of acute bronchiolitis with the guidance of the recent literature.