High burden of acute respiratory tract infections leading to hospitalization at German pediatric hospitals: fall/winter 2022-2023.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Given reduced immunity levels for seasonally occurring respiratory infections and the experience of an unusually early, severe wave of RSV infections during 2021, a preexisting clinician-led reporting system (CLRS) was updated to prospectively monitor the anticipated high burden of respiratory infections (ARI) in German pediatric hospitals during fall/winter 2022-2023.

Methods

From September 13, 2022 through March 31, 2023, children hospitalized with ARI as a primary diagnosis were monitored via a national CLRS established by the German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI). Once a week, the CLRS collected overall number of new hospital admissions, ARI-related admissions according to pathogen (SARS-CoV-2, RSV, influenza, and other), plus number of patients

SUBMITTER: Doenhardt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10954864 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature