Respiratory morbidity in adulthood after respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization in infancy.
A prospective >25-year follow-up study evaluated the outcome of patients hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection at <24 months of age. Questionnaires were sent to 51 study subjects and to population controls. Self-reported asthma was present in 30% of the former RSV patients, compared with 3.8% of controls. In adjusted analyses, RSV hospitalization was an independent risk factor of adulthood asthma.
Ruotsalainen
Marja
M
Department of Pediatrics, University of Eastern Finland and KuopioUniversity and Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland. marja.ruotsalainen@kuh.fi
Piippo-Savolainen
Eija
E
Hyvärinen
Mari K
MK
Korppi
Matti
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology*; D018113:Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult