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1323098

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-9-10
pubmed:abstractText
Severity of illness and clinical characteristics of parainfluenza virus (PIV) infection were evaluated in 81 hospitalized children over a 4 year period. Fifty three patients were previously healthy and 28 had preexisting pulmonary abnormalities associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), congenital heart disease (CHD), asthma, or prematurity. When compared with formerly healthy children, the patients with preexisting pulmonary abnormalities were more likely to develop lower than upper respiratory tract illness (P less than 0.0001). In the lower respiratory tract infection group, patients with preexisting pulmonary abnormalities were sicker (P = 0.047), were hospitalized longer (P = 0.016), required more supplemental oxygen (P = 0.004), and were older (8.8 vs. 5.1 months) than previously healthy patients. Nosocomial infection occurred only in BPD patients. All these patients developed pneumonia. They were sicker (P = 0.0018), requiring more therapy (P = 0.0038) than other patients with preexisting pulmonary abnormalities and lower respiratory tract disease. Patients with BPD should be placed in protective isolation during PIV epidemics.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
8755-6863
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
86-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical characteristics of parainfluenza virus infection in hospitalized children.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan 48073.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study