Oxygen | Observational studies | Give if oxygen saturation < 92% |
Antibiotics | Controlled trial/observational studies | Not indicated routinely |
Bronchodilators | Systematic reviews | Only modest improvement in clinical score. Trial may be indicated |
Adrenaline | Systematic review | Some benefit in outpatient setting. Trial may be indicated. Further research needed |
Steroids | Systematic review | No evidence of benefit |
Chest physiotherapy | Systematic review awaited | No evidence of benefit currently |
Ribavirin | Systematic review | No evidence although a suggestion of benefit in high risk infants. Consider if very ill infant with risk factors |
RSV Ig | Systematic review awaited | No evidence of benefit currently |
Palivizumab | Randomised controlled trial | No evidence of benefit currently |