title: Respiratory Severity Score Separates Upper Versus Lower Respiratory Tract Infections and Predicts Measures of Disease Severity.
abstract: Background:A respiratory severity score (RSS) describing acute respiratory illness (ARI) severity would be useful for research and clinical purposes.Methods:A total of 630 term infants presenting with ARI had their RSS measured.Results:RSS was higher in those with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) compared with those with upper respiratory infection (URI; LRTI 6.5 [4-8.5]; URI 1 [0-2],p<0.001) and in hospitalized infants compared with outpatients (hospitalized 6.5 [4-9]; outpatient 1 [0-3],p<0.001).Conclusions:RSS is higher in LRTI compared with URI and in hospitalized compared with nonhospitalized infants.
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Center for Asthma and Environmental Sciences Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Amy S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Center for Asthma and Environmental Sciences Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Tina V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Hartert
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Tebeb
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gebretsadik
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Kecia N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Center for Asthma and Environmental Sciences Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Minton
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Center for Asthma and Environmental Sciences Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Kimberly B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Woodward
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Center for Asthma and Environmental Sciences Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Emma K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Larkin
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Eva Kathryn
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Center for Asthma and Environmental Sciences Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Valet