Virus detection in critically ill children with acute respiratory disease: a new profile in view of new technology.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To describe the epidemiology of critically ill children admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with acute respiratory disease. The association with intubation was analysed for the three most prevalent viruses and in those with and without viral co-infection.

Methods

Patients admitted to the PICU (2004-2014) with acute respiratory disease were included. Analyses were performed utilising each respiratory viral infection or multiple viral infections as an exposure.

Results

There were 1766 admissions with acute respiratory disease of which 1372 had respiratory virus testing and 748 had one or more viruses detected. The risk of intubation before or during the PICU stay was higher if parainfluenza virus was detected compared to respiratory syncytial virus (

SUBMITTER: Kawaguchi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7159542 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature