title: Risk factors for mechanical ventilation in respiratory syncytial virus infection.
abstract: In a prospective study, risk factors for mechanical ventilation were identified in 102 patients with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection admitted to the Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam. Age, weight on admission and prematurity were associated with the need for mechanical ventilation. Using multivariate analysis, only low weight was an independent risk factor for mechanical ventilation. For infants weighing less than 5 kg the relative risk for mechanical ventilation was 4.4 (95% confidential interval 1.3-13.9).
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Tissing
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: van Steensel-Moll
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Offringa
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses; D010253:Respirovirus Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors