Paediatric apnoeas are not related to a specific respiratory virus, and parental reports predict hospitalisation.

Autor:	Wishaupt, JO, Berg, EAN, Wijk, T, Ploeg, T, Versteegh, FGA, Hartwig, NG, Wishaupt, J O, van den Berg, Ean, van Wijk, T, van der Ploeg, T, Versteegh, F G A, Hartwig, N G
Předmět:	APNEA INFANT diseases RESPIRATORY infections in children SEVERITY of illness index HOSPITAL care APNEA treatment RESPIRATORY infection treatment VIRAL disease diagnosis VIRAL disease treatment COMPARATIVE studies LONGITUDINAL method RESEARCH methodology MEDICAL cooperation PARENTS RESEARCH RESPIRATORY infections VIRUS diseases EVALUATION research TREATMENT effectiveness CASE-control method ACUTE diseases ODDS ratio DISEASE complications DIAGNOSIS
Zdroj:	Acta Paediatrica; May2016, Vol. 105 Issue 5, p542-548, 7p
Abstrakt:	Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of apnoeas in previously healthy young infants with acute respiratory tract infection (ARI) and correlate their occurrence with isolated micro-organisms, clinical findings, disease severity and outcome.Methods: We performed reverse transcriptase real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on the nasal wash specimens of a prospective cohort study of 582 children with ARI. Clinical data on a subgroup of 241 infants under three months of age, with and without apnoeas, were compared.Results: Our study found that 19 (7.9%) of the 241 infants under three months old had a history of apnoeas: eight had a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), five had a different virus than RSV and seven RT-PCR results were negative. Infants with apnoeas were more likely to have cyanosis, had longer hospital stays and required extra oxygen for a longer period. Most patients with parental reported apnoeas also experienced apnoeas during hospitalisation.Conclusion: This study observed apnoeas irrespective of the isolated micro-organism, and we hypothesise that they were related to the pathophysiology of the respiratory infection and not to the micro-organism itself. Parental reported apnoeas were a major warning sign and predicted that apnoeas would occur in hospital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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