Respiratory Syncytial Virus and All-Cause Bronchiolitis Hospitalizations Among Preterm Infants Using the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS).

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics stopped recommending palivizumab to otherwise healthy 29-34 weeks' gestational age (wGA) infants aged <12 months at respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season start. Here, we compare the burden of RSV hospitalizations (RSVH) and all-cause bronchiolitis hospitalizations (BH) before and after 2014 among otherwise healthy 29-34 wGA infants hospitalized at ≤6 months of age.

Methods

A historical, observational cohort study was conducted to evaluate RSVH and BH in 29-34 wGA infants during the 2010-2017 RSV seasons using encounter data from 51 United States children's hospitals that comprise the Pediatric Health Information System.

Results

The overall cohort included 67 570 RSVH out of 96 281 patients with BH. wGA was know

SUBMITTER: Fergie J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8974836 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature