ArticleCanadian respiratory journal2026
A Study on Clinical Features of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in Elderly Hospitalized Patients in Winter.
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- A Study on Clinical Features of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in Elderly Hospitalized Patients in Winter.Canadian respiratory journal · 2026Article
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Background: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the important pathogens found in patients with acute respiratory infection (ARI), but there are few studies on RSV infection among elderly people in China. Methods: This study collected data on the RSV-infected population among the hospitalized patients with ARI admitted to the Department of Respiratory Medicine of our hospital from November 2023 to February 2024 and analyzed the clinical data of the elderly (≥ 60 years old) grouped by age. Patients admitted to other departments (e.g., general internal medicine, geriatrics) were not included, potentially introducing selection bias toward more severe respiratory presentations. Results: The total infection rate was 12.16%, and the main symptoms were cough (97.78%), sputum (95.56%), and dyspnea (68.89%); 100% of the patients had comorbidity, and 97.78% of the patients had two or more comorbidities. Laboratory findings were mainly elevated CRP (84.4%), lymphopenia (64.44%), elevated hs-cTni (51.11%), elevated N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) (37.78%), decreased PaO Conclusion: There was no obvious abnormal seasonality in the infection rate; the infection rate, the proportion of lymphopenia, and the proportion of respiratory failure were higher than in most other studies. The statistical data are only statistically significant in terms of the decrease in PaO
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