HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS-INFECTION IN ALASKA NATIVE CHILDREN
HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS-INFECTION IN ALASKA NATIVE CHILDREN
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DOI：
10.1097/00006454-199501000-00005
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发表时间：
1995-01-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
NIX, TL
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作者：
SINGLETON, RJ;PETERSEN, KM;NIX, TL
为了描述因呼吸道合胞病毒感染住院的阿拉斯加土著儿童的流行病学特征，我们回顾了1991年至1992年和1992年至1993年冬季在安克雷奇的一家医院和阿拉斯加西南部育空地区Kuskokwim三角洲（YKD）地区的一家农村医院的住院记录。因呼吸道合胞病毒感染而入院的年龄中位数，在元朗居民为2个月，而在安克雷奇居民为4.5个月。8%的YKD病人需要机械通气，而Anchorage的病人则没有需要机械通气。YKD患者的住院时间中位数为4.8天，Anchorage患者为3.2天。安克雷奇的阿拉斯加土著人1岁以下婴儿的住院率为33/1000，YKD地区为100/1000。极高的住院率，特别是在农村地区的非常年幼的婴儿中，表明有必要及早采取预防措施。
To characterize the epidemiology of Alaska Native children hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus infections, we reviewed records of hospitalizations during the winter seasons of 1991 to 1992 and 1992 to 1993 at a hospital in Anchorage and a rural hospital in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta (YKD) region of southwestern Alaska. The median age of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus infection was 2 months of age for YKD residents and 4.5 months for Anchorage residents, Sixteen percent of the hospitalized YKD children were less than 1 month of age, whereas the same was true for only 3% of the Anchorage children. Eight percent of the YKD patients required mechanical ventilation, whereas none of the Anchorage patients required ventilation. The median hospital stay was 4.8 days for YKD patients and 3.2 days for Anchorage patients. Hospitalization rates for infants less than 1 year of age were 33/1000 for Alaska Natives in Anchorage and 100/1000 for those in the YKD region. The extremely high hospitalization rate, especially among very young infants in the rural YKD region, points to a need for early preventive efforts.