Prophylaxis for respiratory syncytial virus with respiratory syncytial virus-immunoglobulin intravenous among preterm infants of thirty-two weeks gestation and less: reduction in incidence, severity of illness and cost
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Prophylaxis for respiratory syncytial virus with respiratory syncytial virus-immunoglobulin intravenous among preterm infants of thirty-two weeks gestation and less: reduction in incidence, severity of illness and cost
Abstract
Objective: To determine the impact of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prophylaxis among preterm infants of < or =32 weeks gestation by comparing the severity of illness and cost of RSV-related care during the two winter seasons before (1994 to 1995, 1995 to 1996) with the two seasons after initiation of prophylaxis (1996 to 1997, 1997 to 1998).
Methods: Preterm infants of < or =32 weeks gestation at risk for hospitalization with RSV infection were identified retrospectively from the infants hospitalized in our neonatal units. Infants were included if they (1) were born 6 months before or during four winter seasons (1994 to 1998), (2) were discharged from the neonatal unit and (3) had remained in the university outpatient clinic system during at least the first winter of life. Preterm infants of < or =32 weeks gestation hospitalized with RSV were identified from our RSV database (which includes cost of hospitalization, duration of hospital stay, pediatric intensive care unit stay and intubation). Infants receiving prophylaxis were identified prospectively.
Results: The incidence of hospitalization with RSV was significantly lower among the cohort of infants born after initiation of prophylaxis: 8.7% (17 of 195) vs. 22% (35 of 159), P = 0.00049 by two tailed Fisher's exact test. Among the cohort of infants born after initiation of prophylaxis (n = 195), 100 infants received prophylaxis. The gestational and chronologic ages of the prophylaxis-treated infants were significantly lower than those of the non-prophylaxis-treated infants (n = 95). The prophylaxis-treated infants also were more likely to have bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Only 1 (1%) of the prophylaxis-treated infants required hospitalization for RSV. Comparison of the cohort of infants born before initiation of prophylaxis to the cohort born after initiation of prophylaxis (includes prophylaxis-treated and non-prophylaxis-treated infants) revealed a significant reduction in severity of illness and cost. The length of stay in the cohort born before initiation of prophylaxis was reduced 83.8%: 373.6 days per 100 infants at risk vs. 60.5 (P = 0.00055). The length of stay in the pediatric intensive care unit was reduced 92.7%: 218.2 days per 100 infants at risk vs. 15.9 (P = 0.00029). The duration of intubation was reduced 95.6%: 187.4 days per 100 infants at risk vs. 8.2 (P = 0.00024). The dollars spent for RSV-related care (hospitalizations and prophylaxis) per 100 infants at risk for RSV was reduced 65% in the cohort of infants born after prophylaxis: $670,590 per 100 infants at risk vs. $234,596 (P = 0.00056). This reduction remained significant (64.9%) if the cost of ribavirin (drug and administration fees) was excluded from the cost of hospitalization.
Conclusions: These data reveal that RSV prophylaxis significantly reduced the incidence of RSV hospitalizations and severity of illness as well as the cost of RSV-related care among these infants.
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