SynthesisPediatric pulmonology2022
Respiratory infections in children born preterm in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review.
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- Respiratory syncytial virus disease burden in children and adults from Latin America: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Respiratory infections in children born preterm in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Pediatric pulmonology · 2022Pooled it
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- Incidence, viral etiology, and risk factors of wheezing in children under two years of age: findings from a low-income urban community in Dhaka, Bangladesh.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Article
- Nationwide study of respiratory-related hospitalisations and deaths in preterm children in Brazil: a registry-based study.Respiratory research · 2025Article
- Nirsevimab Prophylaxis and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalizations Among Infants.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Incidence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Until 6 months of Corrected Age in Preterm Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Pilot Prospective Cohort Study.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Reducing acute respiratory infections in under-five children in Nigeria through the mirror of risk factors: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Continuing Struggle: Repeat Hospitalizations in Very Low Birth Weight and Preterm Infants.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Transfer of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prefusion F Protein Antibody in Low Birthweight Infants.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- In-house environmental factors and childhood acute respiratory infections in under-five children: a hospital-based matched case-control study in Bangladesh.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Five Years' Experience with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Among Hospitalized Patients: A Retrospective Study from Jazan, Saudi Arabia.Infection and drug resistance · 2024Article
- Surveillance of Viral Respiratory Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit-Evolution in the Last 5 Years.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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5 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
contextStudies from high-income countries indicates that infants born preterm are at increased risk of respiratory infections; however in the low and middle-income countries (LMICs) data are limited. Our aim was to systematically review the studies evaluating the risk of respiratory infections in preterm children born in LMICs.
methodsWe searched Medline, PubMed, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, and Psych-INFO databases for studies reporting respiratory outcomes in children born preterm in LMICs. Two authors extracted the data and evaluated the risk of bias with appropriate assessment methods independently.
resultsTwelve observational studies evaluating 5969 children were included in the review. The risk of lower respiratory tract infection varied from 5% to 73.9%. Similarly, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection risk ranged from 4.4% to 22.7%. The unadjusted relative risk for any respiratory tract infection or lower respiratory tract infection was significantly higher in the children born preterm than in children born at term (1.52 [95% confidence interval 1.25-1.85]). We also noted wide-ranging risk of respiratory infections requiring in-hospital or emergency care (range: 0.5%-27.7%) and hospital stay in children born preterm (range: 6-14.3 days).
conclusionsPreterm-born children in LMICs are at risk of increased respiratory infections compared to term-born children; however, the baseline risk is variable, although substantial; This highlights the need for preventive strategies, including RSV immunoprophylaxis.
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