Adult Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection and Hypoxic Cardiac Arrest-Coexistent or Causal? A Hypothesis-Generating Case Report.
Medicina (Kaunas)
; 58(8)2022 Aug 18.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1997704
ABSTRACT
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a well-known pathogen in paediatric patients. However, it also causes substantial morbidity and mortality in adults, posing a major healthcare problem. We present a patient with chronic pulmonary conditions and an acute RSV infection, thus leading to cardiac arrest (CA). We speculate that RSV as the causative agent for CA should be considered in post-resuscitation care. From a wider public health perspective, immuno-naivety for RSV caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic may induce a severe rise in cases, morbidity, and mortality in the future.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
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COVID-19
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Heart Arrest
Type of study:
Case report
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Medicina58081121
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