In‐Hospital Death and Risk Factors in Adults With Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Spain (2016–2023). A Cross‐Sectional Study With Focus on Older Patients
Fatima Valero‐Sempere, Mayarí Tortosa‐González, Silvia Otero‐Rodriguez, Maripaz Ventero, Juan Carlos Rodriguez‐Diaz, Pilar Casasnovas, Hector Pinargote‐Celorio, Rosario Sanchez‐Martinez, Esperanza Merino, Jose Manuel Ramos‐Rincon · 2025
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Fatima Valero-Sempere and nine co-authors study deaths among adults hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus in Spain in this 2025 paper. The virus is often treated as a childhood illness, but it kills older adults too. Their center admitted 367 confirmed patients between 2016 and 2023; twenty-four died, about six and a half percent. Death ran higher past age eighty. Three traits predicted death overall: weak kidney function, need for high flow oxygen, and cancer that had spread.
Age split the risks. Under eighty, noninvasive ventilation and high inflammation markers marked the danger. Past eighty, poor kidney function stood alone as the predictor. The authors argue RSV deserves the same seriousness in adult wards as flu. Triage should weigh kidneys and oxygen needs early, especially in the very old. Their single center numbers cannot settle national policy, but they sharpen which patients to watch when an RSV admission turns.
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| CREATOR | Fatima Valero‐Sempere, Mayarí Tortosa‐González, Silvia Otero‐Rodriguez, Maripaz Ventero, Juan Carlos Rodriguez‐Diaz, Pilar Casasnovas, Hector Pinargote‐Celorio, Rosario Sanchez‐Martinez, Esperanza Merino, Jose Manuel Ramos‐Rincon |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |