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Bronquiolitis aguda: tratamiento de la insuficiencia respiratoria

The severe respiratory insufficiency (SRI) caused by acute bronchitis whose main etiology is the respiratory syncytial virus is the main cause of under 2-year-old children hospitalization during the winter months, especially in the risk groups. Its treatment is mainly based in general measures, administr...

Conditions of vulnerability to the inadequate treatment of bronchiolitis

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE To analyze clinical and demographic variables possibly associated with the prescriptions of non-recommended but routinely used therapies for infants with acute viral bronchiolitis. METHODS A cross-sectional study included hospitalized infants with bronchiolitis caused by the respira...

Temporal trend of hospitalizations for acute bronchiolitis in infants under one year of age in brazil between 2008 and 2015

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the trend of hospitalization for acute bronchiolitis in infants under one year of age, in the past eight years and after the implementation of the palivizumab immunization program in Brazil. Methods: The study is a retrospective analysis of data on infants younger than...

Recurrent wheezing in preterm infants: Prevalence and risk factors

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 95 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors associated with progression to recurrent wheezing in preterm infants. Methods: The cross-sectional study was carried out in 2014 and 2015 and analyzed preterm infants born between 2011 and 2012. The search for these children was performed ...

Virus isolation and genotype identification of human respiratory syncytial virus in Guizhou Province, China

Braz. j. infect. dis; 23 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT To investigate the genetic variation and molecular epidemiology characteristics of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (HRSV) in Guizhou Province, nasopharyngeal aspirates were collected from patients with acute respiratory infection (ARI) in Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, from December 201...

Rol del virus sincicial respiratorio en una cohorte de adultos mayores
Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the elderly adults

Actual. SIDA. infectol; 27 (100), 2019
El rol de los virus respiratorios distintos de influenza en las infecciones respiratorias agudas en los adultos mayores ha sido probablemente subestimado. En los últimos años, los avances en técnicas moleculares de diagnóstico han hecho posible la identificación rápida del virus sinc...

Evaluación de un método de amplificación isotérmica mediado por bucle para la detección rápida del virus sincicial respiratorio en niños con infección respiratoria aguda

Biomédica (Bogotá); 39 (2), 2019
Resumen Introducción. El virus sincicial respiratorio humano (hRSV) es la causa más frecuente de infección respiratoria aguda de las vías respiratorias inferiores en niños menores de cinco años. El desarrollo de técnicas moleculares para identificarlo es uno de los retos actuales en el campo de l...

Etiología viral de las infecciones respiratorias agudas graves en una unidad de cuidados intensivos pediátricos

RESUMEN Objetivos. Identificar los principales agentes etiológicos virales en pacientes con infección respiratoria aguda grave (IRAG) hospitalizados en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos (UCIP) y analizar sus características clínicas. Materiales y métodos. Estudio longitudinal prospe...

Bronchiolitis Hospitalization in Southern Brazil from 2002 to 2012: A Count Time-series Approach

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Because the antibody neutralizing respiratory syncytial virus (anti-RSV) has a short period of immunization and high cost, the identification of regions and months of highest occurrence of bronchiolitis is very important. METHODS: An Autoregressive Conditional Poisson model was c...

Viral etiology of acute respiratory infections in children in Southern Iran

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Prevalence of influenza A virus (Flu-A), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) was assessed in children with acute respiratory infections (ARIs). METHODS: Nasopharyngeal aspirates and throat swabs were subjected to real-time polymerase chain reaction...