Risk Factors in Children Hospitalized With RSV Bronchiolitis Versus Non–RSV Bronchiolitis

2010298 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

C. García García · Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Rafia Bhore · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Alejandra Soriano‐Fallas · Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Margaret Trost · Children's Medical Center

Rebecca D. Chason · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Octavio Ramilo · Nationwide Children's Hospital

Asunción Mejías

Abstract

There was a significant increase in hospitalizations for RSV bronchiolitis from 2002 to 2007. A majority of the children with RSV bronchiolitis were previously healthy, but their disease severity was worse compared with those hospitalized with non-RSV bronchiolitis.

Topics & Keywords

Respiratory viral infections research Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 126, Issue 6, pp. e1453-e1460

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0507

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