Severe outcomes associated with respiratory viruses in newborns and infants: a prospective viral surveillance study in Jordan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess virus-specific hospitalisation rates, risk factors for illness severity and seasonal trends in children hospitalised with acute respiratory infections (ARI).

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

A government hospital serving low-income and middle-income population in Amman, Jordan.

Participants

Children under 2 years of age hospitalised with fever and/or respiratory symptoms (n=3168) from 16 March 2010 to 31 March 2013. Children with chemotherapy-associated neutropenia and newborns who had never been discharged after birth were excluded from the study.

Outcome measures

Hospitalisation rates and markers of illness severity: admission to intensive care unit (ICU), mechanical ventilation (MV), oxygen therapy, length of stay (LOS) and

SUBMITTER: Khuri-Bulos N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5961648 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature