Acute respiratory infections during the first three months of life

Berman, Stephen; Shanks, Mary; Feiten, Daniel; Horgan, J. B.; Rumack, Carol M.

doi:10.1097/00006565-199009000-00003

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“…It would have been interesting to investigate differences in the incidence of fever and disease severity among other viruses that cause bronchiolitis, such as influenza and parainfluenza viruses, adenoviruses, and rhinoviruses. As previously noted, one study13 found that all six children with bronchiolitis caused by parainfluenza virus were afebrile.…”

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Association of fever and severe clinical course in bronchiolitis

Barry

Patel

1999

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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Little attention has been given to the relation between fever and the severity of bronchiolitis. Therefore, the relation between fever and the clinical course of 90 infants (59 boys, 31 girls) hospitalised during one season with bronchiolitis was studied prospectively. Fever (defined as a single recording > 38.0°C or two successive recording > 37.8°C) was present in 28 infants. These infants were older (mean age, 5.3 v 4.0 months), had a longer mean hospital stay (4.2 v 2.7 days), and a more severe clinical course (71.0% v 29.0%) than those infants without fever. Radiological abnormalities (collapse/consolidation) were found in 60.7% of the febrile group compared with 14.8% of the afebrile infants. These results suggest that monitoring of body temperature is important in bronchiolitis and that fever is likely to be associated with a more severe clinical course and radiological abnormalities. (Arch Dis Child 1999;81:231-234)

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“…A Swedish study12 of 15 infants with RSV infection reported fever in 14. Another study13 reported an incidence of fever as low as 12% among 25 infants aged less than 3 months with RSV infection. In addition, this study found that all six children with bronchiolitis caused by parainfluenza virus were afebrile.…”

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