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Observational studyMedicine2015

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis in Children up to 5 Years of Age in Spain: Epidemiology and Comorbidities: An Observational Study.

Ruth Gil-Prieto, Alba Gonzalez-Escalada, Patricia Marín-García, Carmen Gallardo-Pino, Angel Gil-de-Miguel

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Observational study in Medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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55citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Ruth Gil-PrietoFrom the Area of Preventive Medicine & Public Health (RG-P, CG-P, AGdM); Area of Medical Microbiology (AG-E); Area of Medical Immunology (PM-G); Catedra de Evaluación de Resultados en Salud, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain (RG-P, AG-E, PM-G, AGdM); Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de la Fundación Jiménez Díaz (RG-P, AG-E, PM-G, AGdM), Madrid, Spain.
Alba Gonzalez-Escalada
Patricia Marín-García
Carmen Gallardo-Pino
Angel Gil-de-Miguel
Creative Commons · USUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos · ESGeneral Department of Preventive Medicine · VN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This epidemiological survey in Spain estimates the burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in children up to 5 year of age during a 15-year period (1997-2011). Observational retrospective survey was conducted by reviewing data of the National Surveillance System for Hospital Data, including >98% of Spanish hospitals. All hospitalizations related to RSV infection for children up to 5 years, reported during 1997-2011 period, were analyzed. Codes were selected by using the International Classification of Diseases 9th Clinical Modification 466.0-466.19, 480.1, and 079.6. A total of 326,175 and 286,007 hospital discharges for children up to 5 and 2 years of age were reported during the study period. The annual incidence was 1072 and 2413 patients per 100,000, respectively. The average length of hospital stay was 5.7 (standard deviation 8.2) days. Four hundred forty-six deaths were reported; of those, 403 occurred in children <2 years and 355 (80%) occurred in children <12 months of age. Hospitalization and mortality rates were significantly higher in boys and decrease significantly with age. The higher rate of hospitalization and mortality rates were found in the first year of life. Annual average cost for National Health Care System was € 47 M with a mean hospitalization cost of €2162. The average length of hospitalization and costs were significantly higher in high-risk children. RSV infections in children up to 5 year of age still pose a significant health threat in Spain, especially in the infants. The development of preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic guidelines focused in children with comorbidities may help reduce the hospital and economic burden of the disease.

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BronchiolitisChild, PreschoolComorbidityFemaleHospitalizationHumansIncidenceInfantMaleRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsRetrospective StudiesSeasonsSpain

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PMID26020386
PMCPMC4616425
OpenAlexW424468185

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