Respiratory Complications in Children Hospitalized with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection.

Respiratory Complications in Children Hospitalized with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2020 Apr 21;: Authors: Wrotek A, Kobiałka M, Grochowski B, Kamińska I, Pędziwiatr K, Skoczek-Wojciechowska A, Godek M, Jackowska T Abstract The goal of this study was to define the prevalence of respiratory complications, other than bronchiolitis, such as pneumonia, acute otitis media, and conjunctivitis in children treated in a hospital due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, with reference to the plausible risk factors. The study included 111 children, aged up to 22 months (median 3 months). Complications were observed in 68 (61%) children, with 32 (29%) children presenting more than one. The most frequent complication was acute otitis media in 53 (48%), pneumonia in 37 (33%), and conjunctivitis in 12 (11%) out of the 111 children. Children with complications were older than those without complications and had fever that lasted for a significantly longer time, both before and during hospitalization, and the fever was stronger. They also presented a significantly lower breathing rate at admission. The age over 3 months was a single risk factor associated with the development of otitis media (OR = 9.8, 95%CI: 3.6-26.7) and pneumonia (OR = 2.8, 95%CI: 1.1-7.3). Other factors such as prematurity, birth weight below 2500 g, exposure to tobacco smoke during pregnancy, and the cessation of breastfeeding b...
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