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Factors predicting life-threatening infections with respiratory syncytial virus in adult patients
- Source :
- Infectious Diseases. 49:333-340
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2016.
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Abstract
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a significant cause of acute respiratory illness with a clinical spectrum ranging from self-limiting upper respiratory infection to severe lower respiratory infection in elderly persons as well as young children. However, there are limited data on risk factors for life-threatening infections that could guide the appropriate use of antiviral agents in adult patients with RSV.We conducted a retrospective cohort study from October 2013 to September 2015. Adult patients with RSV who visited the emergency department were enrolled. Primary outcome was life-threatening infection (admission to intensive care unit, need for ventilator care or in-hospital death).A total of 227 patients were analysed. Thirty-four (15%) were classified as having life-threatening infections. By logistic regression, lower respiratory infection, chronic lung disease and bacterial co-infection were independent predictors of life-threatening infections. We developed a simple clinical scoring system using these variables (lower respiratory tract infection = score 4, chronic respiratory disease = score 3, bacterial co-infection = score 3 and fever ≥38 °C = score 2) to predict life-threatening infection. A score of5 differentiated life-threatening RSV from non-life-threatening RSV with 82% sensitivity (95% CI, 66-93) and 72% specificity (95% CI, 65-78).The use of a clinical scoring system based on lower respiratory infection, chronic respiratory disease, bacterial co-infection and fever appears to be useful for outcome prediction and risk stratification in order to select patients who may need early antiviral therapy.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty
Critical Care
030106 microbiology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
Logistic regression
Virus
Decision Support Techniques
law.invention
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
law
Lower respiratory tract infection
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Respiratory system
Intensive care medicine
Respiratory Tract Infections
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Aged, 80 and over
General Immunology and Microbiology
business.industry
Respiratory infection
Retrospective cohort study
General Medicine
Emergency department
Middle Aged
Prognosis
medicine.disease
Respiration, Artificial
Survival Analysis
Intensive care unit
Infectious Diseases
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23744243 and 23744235
- Volume :
- 49
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6eabe2277e4877d3734fa729cf8ea894