About: OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to report the clinical features and outcome of all children with a laboratory proven diagnosis of respiratory virus infection admitted to a university Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). METHODS: Retrospective study between January 2003 and April 2007 was carried out in the PICU. Every child with a laboratory‐confirmed viral infection was included. RESULTS: 54 viruses were identified in 49 children (27 M, 22 F) over a 52‐month period. The three respiratory virus species, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (n = 17), influenza (n = 13) and parainfluenza (n = 12), accounted for 86% of these 49 cases. PICU admissions due to influenza A (n = 10) were more common than influenza B (n = 3), whereas parainfluenza type 3 (n = 7) was the commonest subtype of parainfluenza infection. Comparing these three common viruses, the mean age of children admitted with RSV was lower than with influenza or parainfluenza (1.2 years vs. 5.6 years vs. 2.4 years, P = 0.003). Pre‐existing conditions such as prematurity and chronic lung disease were only present in children with RSV infection. These respiratory viruses caused both upper (croup) and lower respiratory tract diseases (bronchiolitis, pneumonia). Extrapulmonary presentations were less prevalent and included encephalitis, seizures, cardiac arrest, coexisting diabetes ketoacidosis and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. One patient with RSV and another with influenza A died during their PICU stay. Nearly half of these patients required ventilatory support or received systemic corticosteroids, and 88% received initial broad spectrum antibiotic coverage. Approximately one in five of them had nebulised adrenaline, airway endoscopies or bacterial co‐infections. Adenovirus was isolated in four patients and two (both with adenovirus type 3) died during the PICU stay. CONCLUSIONS: In PICU, respiratory viral infections were associated with significant morbidity and life‐threatening conditions. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2008; 43:275–280. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.   Goto Sponge  NotDistinct  Permalink

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  • OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to report the clinical features and outcome of all children with a laboratory proven diagnosis of respiratory virus infection admitted to a university Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). METHODS: Retrospective study between January 2003 and April 2007 was carried out in the PICU. Every child with a laboratory‐confirmed viral infection was included. RESULTS: 54 viruses were identified in 49 children (27 M, 22 F) over a 52‐month period. The three respiratory virus species, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (n = 17), influenza (n = 13) and parainfluenza (n = 12), accounted for 86% of these 49 cases. PICU admissions due to influenza A (n = 10) were more common than influenza B (n = 3), whereas parainfluenza type 3 (n = 7) was the commonest subtype of parainfluenza infection. Comparing these three common viruses, the mean age of children admitted with RSV was lower than with influenza or parainfluenza (1.2 years vs. 5.6 years vs. 2.4 years, P = 0.003). Pre‐existing conditions such as prematurity and chronic lung disease were only present in children with RSV infection. These respiratory viruses caused both upper (croup) and lower respiratory tract diseases (bronchiolitis, pneumonia). Extrapulmonary presentations were less prevalent and included encephalitis, seizures, cardiac arrest, coexisting diabetes ketoacidosis and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. One patient with RSV and another with influenza A died during their PICU stay. Nearly half of these patients required ventilatory support or received systemic corticosteroids, and 88% received initial broad spectrum antibiotic coverage. Approximately one in five of them had nebulised adrenaline, airway endoscopies or bacterial co‐infections. Adenovirus was isolated in four patients and two (both with adenovirus type 3) died during the PICU stay. CONCLUSIONS: In PICU, respiratory viral infections were associated with significant morbidity and life‐threatening conditions. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2008; 43:275–280. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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