Socioeconomic Impact of RSV Hospitalization

RSV Risk: Understanding RSV-Related Hospitalization of High-Risk Infants

Risk Factors for RSV Hospitalization in Healthy Preterm Infants

Effectiveness of Palivizumab in Preventing RSV Hospitalization in High Risk Children: A Real-World Perspective

Infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the major causes globally of childhood respiratory morbidity and hospitalization. Palivizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody, has been recommended for high risk infants to prevent severe RSV-associated respiratory illness. This recommendation is based on evidence of efficacy when used under clinical trial conditions. However the real-...

Socioeconomic variation in asthma hospitalization: excess utilization or greater need?

OBJECTIVE To assess the hypothesis that higher incidence of severe acute asthma exacerbation, not lower severity threshold for admission, explains the difference between the asthma hospitalization rates of inner-city and suburban children. METHODS All 2028 asthma hospitalizations between 1991 and 1995 for children (aged >1 month and <19 years) dwelling in Rochester, New York, were analyzed. Z...

Socioeconomic Impact Assessment of Deforestation of Hyrcanian Forests on Local Communities

The present study was conducted to assess socio-economic impacts of deforestation of Hyrcanian forests in two basins of Do-Hezar and Se-Hezar, northern Iran. To this end, changes in the forest area were detected over the period between 1990 and 2006 based on land use land cover maps derived from Landsat and IRS satellite images. The land use changes were investigated by enhancement of the image...