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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Risk factors in the development of adult bronchiolitis include smoking, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, immunodeficiency and immunosuppression. | Risk factors in the development of adult bronchiolitis include smoking, [[cardiovascular disease]], [[respiratory disease]], [[immunodeficiency]] and [[immunosuppression]]. | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
Risk factors include: | *Risk factors include:<ref name="pmid10885982">{{cite journal |vauthors=Falsey AR, Walsh EE |title=Respiratory syncytial virus infection in adults |journal=Clin. Microbiol. Rev. |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=371–84 |date=July 2000 |pmid=10885982 |pmc=88938 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
**Smoking | **Smoking | ||
**Cardiac disease | **Cardiac disease | ||
***Ischemic heart disease | ***[[Coronary heart disease|Ischemic heart disease]] | ||
**Respiratory disease | **Respiratory disease | ||
***COPD | ***[[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease|COPD]] | ||
**Low socioeconomic class | **Low socioeconomic class | ||
**Severe congenital or acquired neurological disease | **Severe congenital or acquired neurological disease | ||
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**Seasonal | **Seasonal | ||
***Between January and March | ***Between January and March | ||
**[[Steroid]] therapy | |||
**[[Immunosuppressive drug|Immunosuppressant drugs]] | |||
**Rarely, in those with organ transplantations | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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