Risk factors of severe conditions in hospitalized children with adenovirus infection and chest CT features

Shaofang Wang, Shichao Kang, Lili Guo, Shuchang Zhou, Yanjie Zhao, Huifen Shen, Shourui Jin, Hanxiong Guan, Liming Xia, Qiongjie Hu · 2024

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Shaofang Wang and co-authors hunt warning signs for severe adenovirus disease in children in a 2024 study. The virus usually causes mild illness, yet some hospitalized children crash. Records and chest scans from two hundred sixty seven children at a Wuhan hospital over five years fed the analysis.

Severe cases stood out on imaging: abnormal scans were commoner, and solid lung patches scored higher in every lobe. Children who worsened also carried extra infections more often and showed a lower lymphocyte share in blood work. The authors say the scan pattern plus two bedside facts, co-infection and lymphocyte share, can flag children who need aggressive care early.

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CREATORShaofang Wang, Shichao Kang, Lili Guo, Shuchang Zhou, Yanjie Zhao, Huifen Shen, Shourui Jin, Hanxiong Guan, Liming Xia, Qiongjie Hu
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE27 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11658393

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