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Apnoea and bronchiolitis due to respiratory syncytial virus
Author(s) -
COLDITZ PAUL B.,
HENRY RICHARD L.,
DeSILVA LAKSHMAN M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1982.tb01982.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchiolitis , respiratory system , virus , pneumovirus , virology , intensive care medicine , paramyxoviridae , viral disease
. A study was made of 146 children admitted to hospital with bronchiolitis due to respiratory syncytial virus. Fifteen subjects (10%) had apnoea. Six of the 16 infants (38%) less than two months of age had apnoea, compared with nine of 130 children (6.9%) over two months old (P<0.001). Nine of the 28 infants (32%) who were preterm had apnoea compared with six of 118 children (5.1%) over 37 weeks gestation (P<0.001). Both early chronological age and prematurity are risk factors for the development of apnoea in children with RSV bronchiolitis.