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Amy S Feldman1, Tina V Hartert1, Tebeb Gebretsadik2
1Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Center for Asthma and Environmental Sciences Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee.
Abstract:
A respiratory severity score (RSS) describing acute respiratory illness (ARI) severity would be useful for research and clinical purposes. A total of 630 term infants presenting with ARI had their RSS measured. RSS was higher in those with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) compared with those with upper respiratory infection (URI; LRTI 6.5 [4-8.5]; URI 1 [0-2], p<0.001) and in hospitalized infants compared with outpatients (hospitalized 6.5 [4-9]; outpatient 1 [0-3], p<0.001). RSS is higher in LRTI compared with URI and in hospitalized compared with nonhospitalized infants.
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