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Published in: Pediatric Cardiology 6/2017

Open Access 01-08-2017 | Letter To The Editor

Risk of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalization in the First and Second Years of Life in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

Authors: Deborah Friedman, Pierre C. Wong

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 6/2017

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Excerpt

Previous data have demonstrated that children aged <24 months with hemodynamically significant congenital heart disease (HS-CHD) are at elevated risk for severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease. However, based upon the more recent assertion that children aged 12–23 months are not at increased risk of severe RSV, the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases altered its guidance in 2014, recommending against RSV immunoprophylaxis in children with CHD in the second year of life [1]. …
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American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases and Bronchiolitis Guidelines Committee (2014) Updated guidance for palivizumab prophylaxis among infants and young children at increased risk of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus infection. Pediatrics 134:415–420CrossRef
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Friedman D, Fryzek J, Jiang X, Bloomfield A, Ambrose CS, Wong PC (2017) Respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization risk in the second year of life by specific congenital heart disease diagnoses. PLoS ONE 12:e0172512CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
Metadata
Title
Risk of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalization in the First and Second Years of Life in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
Authors
Deborah Friedman
Pierre C. Wong
Publication date
01-08-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-017-1634-5

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