Assess the burden of disease associated with RSV infection with premature children in an outpatient setting.
The primary objective of this prospective study is to assess the burden of disease associated with RSV infection, as measured/determined by rates of outpatient medically attended LRI, emergency room visits and hospitalization among preterm infants (32-≤36 wGA) during RSV season, and its medical/health consequences, as measured by wheezing events, the infant's first RSV season, up to May 2009.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
Children's Primary Care Medical Group, Inc.
San Diego, California, United States
North Florida Pediatrics
Lake City, Florida, United States
Woburn Pediatric Associates
Woburn, Massachusetts, United States
Suny Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York, United States
The rate of RSV positivity and rate of outpatient and/or inpatient LRI events as well as the rate of outpatient and inpatient wheezing events.
Time frame: Seasonal: 2008-09
Evaluate characteristics of infants in RSV risk factor and rate and reason of attrition.
Time frame: Seasonal: 2008-09
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Senders Pediatrics
Cleveland, Ohio, United States