Increasing Rates of RSV Hospitalization among Preterm Infants: A Decade of Data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

 In 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) changed its policy on the use of respiratory syncytial virus immunoprophylaxis (RSV-IP) so that RSV-IP was no longer recommended for use among infants without other medical conditions born >29 weeks of gestational age (wGA). This study examines 10-year trends in RSV-IP and RSV hospitalizations among term infants and preterm infants born at 29 to 34 wGA, including the 5 RSV seasons before and 5 RSV seasons after the AAP guidance change.

Study design

 A retrospective observational cohort study of a convenience sample of infants less than 6 months of age during RSV season (November-March) born between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2019, who were born at 29 to 34 wGA (preterm) or >37 wGA (term) in the IBM MarketScan Comme

SUBMITTER: Kong AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10556298 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature