Journal article
Risk scoring tool to predict respiratory syncytial virus hospitalisation in premature infants
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The objective was to develop a risk scoring tool which predicts respiratory syncytial virus hospitalisation (RSVH) in moderate-late preterm infants (32-35 weeks' gestational age) in the Northern Hemisphere.
METHODS: Risk factors for RSVH were pooled from six observational studies of infants born 32 weeks and 0 days to 35 weeks and 6 days without comorbidity from 2000 to 2014. Of 13 475 infants, 484 had RSVH in the first year of …
Authors
Blanken MO; Paes B; Anderson EJ; Lanari M; Sheridan‐Pereira M; Buchan S; Fullarton JR; Grubb E; Notario G; Rodgers‐Gray BS
Journal
Pediatric Pulmonology, Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 605–612
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
May 2018
DOI
10.1002/ppul.23960
ISSN
8755-6863