Evaluation of hospitalization of children aged 0 to 5 years admitted for respiratory infections at a large hospital.

Objective: To evaluate the admission of children aged 0 to 5 years due to respiratory infections at a major hospital in the Southern region of the city of São Paulo.

Methods: A total of 4,240 clinical records of children hospitalized and diagnosed with pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, bronchiolitis and bronchitis were evaluated for the 2008-2009 period, based on age, gender and year season.

Results: Out of this total of children aged 0 to 60-months, 139 (3.