Prophylaxis against respiratory syncytial virus in premature infants

Lancet. 1999 Sep 18;354(9183):1003-4. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)02368-5.

Abstract

Postconceptional age was studied in 33 mechanically ventilated preterm infants with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis. Preterm infants without chronic lung disease had an increased risk of severe RSV infection until a postconceptional age of 44 weeks.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Bronchiolitis, Viral / epidemiology
  • Bronchiolitis, Viral / prevention & control*
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature*
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases / epidemiology
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / epidemiology
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Risk Factors