The aim is To determine the risk factors for acquiring a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and vaccine-preventable infections (R/VPI) in pediatric heart transplant recipients and the associated morbidity and hospital resource use.
Patients <18 years who underwent heart transplantation from September 2003 to December 2018 at hospitals using the Pediatric Health Information System database were identified. Their transplant hospitalization and subsequent hospitalizations for R/VPI through December 2018 were analyzed. Risk factors for R/VPI hospitalizations were evaluated using negative regression binomial models adjusted for demographic and clinical confounders. Total hospital costs were adjusted for 2018 US$.Of 3815 transplant recipients, 681 (17.9%) had an R/VPI hospitalization during 23 746 available person-years of follow-up.
Reference link-https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(21)00448-0/fulltext
