Most infants admitted to the intensive care or high acuity unit for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections during fall 2022 were previously healthy and born at term, according to a new study.
Most infants admitted to the intensive care or high acuity unit for respiratory syncytial virus infections during fall 2022 were previously healthy and born at term, according to a new study reported inThe findings from this study support the use of preventative interventions in all infants to protect them from RSV, the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infections and hospitalizations worldwide.
Researchers across the United States evaluated the characteristics and outcomes of RSV-related critical illness in 600 infants from 39 hospitals across 27 states as part of the RSV Pediatric Intensive Care registry. Children with a history of prematurity or certain underlying medical conditions such as congenital heart disease, neurologic or neurodevelopmental/neuromuscular disorders, chronic lung disease and immunocompromising conditions are at higher risk for life-threatening RSV disease, according to Halasa and co-corresponding author Angela Campbell, MD, MPH, from the CDC.
"These products may protect both high-risk and healthy infants from medically attended RSV-associated LRTI."
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