Wood-Downes-Ferres Score

Assesses severity of obstructive respiratory distress.

What is Wood-Downes-Ferres Score?

Wood-Downes-Ferrés pediatric respiratory score for bronchiolitis and wheeze, with variant, population, evidence and limitations.

Population and scope

Bronchiolitis & Wheeze. Infants and children with bronchiolitis or obstructive respiratory distress depending on variant

Also searched as

WDF · wood-downes-ferres · Wood Downes Ferres · Wood-Downes-Ferres score · bronchiolitis wheeze score · wood downes ferres

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Clinical use

This PedsCore page brings together clinical information, implementation status and available evidence for Wood-Downes-Ferres Score. It is intended for Infants and children with bronchiolitis or obstructive respiratory distress depending on variant. The tool belongs to Respiratory and should be interpreted in the appropriate clinical context.

Interpretation and validation

Block BRONCHIOLITIS-IMPLEMENTATION-1: maintainer decision applied for the classic six-domain Wood-Downes-Ferres variant. Output is descriptive, informational, and traceable; it does not define clinical conduct or replace local protocols.

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