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cord-020267-0axms5fp	nan	RIBAVIRIN AND RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS	1986-02-15		.txt	text/plain	1845	84	39	In Britain RSV accounts for yearly hospitaladmission rates of 12 -5 to 24' 5 per 1000 among infants aged 1-3 months;3 and in North Carolina it is responsible for 24-50% of all admissions for pneumonia in children under 5 years of age.4 In hospital roughly 14% of RSV-infected infants require intensive care and 5% need assisted ventilation.s Although the mortality from RSV infection is generally low, it is especially high in infants with underlying congenital heart disease (37%, rising to 73% with concomitant pulmonary hypertension),5 and in the immunocompromised (23%),6 and is almost certainly raised in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and cystic fibrosis. Striking improvements were noted in 2 infants treated with ribavirin aerosol for parainfluenza virus type 3 infection complicating severe combined immunodeficiency disease13,14-a combination often causing respiratory failure and death. Rather it should be considered for infants with bronchiolitis or pneumonia, and for high-risk patients with underlying cardiopulmonary disorders or immunodeficiency with probable RSV or influenza, and possibly parainfluenza infection.	./cache/cord-020267-0axms5fp.txt	./txt/cord-020267-0axms5fp.txt