Prevalence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Hospitalized COPD Patients in Spain Between 2018-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is a common cause of hospital admission. The association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation and RSV infection is not well studied.

Objective

To analyze the hospitalizations of patients with COPD and RSV infection in Spain between 2018 and 2022.

Methods

The data used were obtained from the Spanish Hospital Discharge Database. We selected subjects aged ≥40 years diagnosed with COPD, admitted to the hospital from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2022. The COPD population that met the selection criteria was subdivided based on the presence of an ICD-10 code for RSV infection. To obtain comparable populations, for each subject with COPD and RSV infection, a subject without an RSV code was se

SUBMITTER: Gomez-Garcia RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11764113 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature