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Disease Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Compared with COVID-19 and Influenza Among Hospitalized Adults Aged ≥60 Years — IVY Network, 20 U.S. States, February 2022–May 2023
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Disease Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Compared with COVID-19 and Influenza Among Hospitalized Adults Aged ≥60 Years — IVY Network, 20 U.S. States, February 2022–May 2023

Diya Surie, Katharine Yuengling, Jennifer DeCuir, Yuwei Zhu, Manjusha Gaglani, Adit Ginde, H. Keipp Talbot, Jonathan Casey, Nicholas Mohr, Shekhar Ghamande, …
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol.72(40), pp.1083-1088
10/06/2023
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7240a2
PMCID: PMC10564326
PMID: 37796753
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https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7240a2View
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Abstract

What is already known about this topic? In June 2023, CDC recommended the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines for adults aged ≥60 years using shared clinical decision-making. Understanding the severity of RSV disease is needed to guide this clinical decision-making. What is added by this report? During February 2022–May 2023, hospitalizations for RSV were less frequent but were associated with more severe disease than were hospitalizations for COVID-19 or influenza, including receipt of standard flow oxygen therapy, high-flow nasal cannula or noninvasive ventilation, and intensive care unit admission. What are the implications for public health practice? The potential for severe RSV disease among older adults is important to consider as part of shared clinical decision-making when assessing the benefit of RSV vaccination among adults aged ≥60 years.
Adults Influenza Intensive Care Older People Public Health Respiratory Diseases Vaccines Clinical decision making COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccines Decision making Hispanic Americans Hospitalization Hospitals Illnesses Infections Medical laboratories Oxygen therapy Patients Regression analysis Respiratory syncytial virus Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Ventilators Viral diseases Viruses

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