Adult bronchiolitis risk factors
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hadeel Maksoud M.D.[2]
Overview
Risk factors in the development of adult bronchiolitis include smoking, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, immunodeficiency and immunosuppression.
Risk Factors
- Risk factors include:[1]
- Smoking
- Cardiac disease
- Respiratory disease
- Low socioeconomic class
- Severe congenital or acquired neurological disease
- Airway anomalies
- such as bronchopulmonary dysplasias
- Seasonal
- Between January and March
- Steroid therapy
- Immunosuppressant drugs
- Rarely, in those with organ transplantations