{"id":506758,"date":"2022-11-04T23:24:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T20:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/surging-rsv-hits-childrens-hospitals-across-the-us\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T23:24:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T20:24:45","slug":"surging-rsv-hits-childrens-hospitals-across-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surging-rsv-hits-childrens-hospitals-across-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"#Surging RSV hits children\u2019s hospitals across the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25787425c52\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25787425c52\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surging-rsv-hits-childrens-hospitals-across-the-us\/#Surging_RSV_hits_childrens_hospitals_across_the_US\" >Surging RSV hits children\u2019s hospitals across the US<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Surging_RSV_hits_childrens_hospitals_across_the_US\"><\/span>Surging RSV hits children\u2019s hospitals across the US<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/child-breathing_istock_rsv.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Children\u2019s hospitals across the country\u00a0are dealing with a surge in cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), stressing health care services and millions of parents with ailing children. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RSV is a common and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly mild illness, but millions of children are being exposed later in life because of the coronavirus pandemic. Babies walled off during the pandemic didn\u2019t get RSV, and now children born just before or during the pandemic are getting it in droves.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe had RSV\u00a0last\u00a0year,\u00a0but it wasn\u2019t to the level this year, partially because we were still doing\u00a0some of the mitigation efforts around masking and people were still staying away,\u201d said Jason Newland, a\u00a0pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Washington University in St. Louis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing older patients that are being admitted with RSV because\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0just never seen it before,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd\u00a0your first illness is usually the worst and it\u2019s leading to some more people being hospitalized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crowded hospitals are also a concern because the nation is expecting a difficult flu season and rising cases of COVID-19 as temperatures get colder and people spend more time indoors.<\/p>\n<p>Newland said St. Louis Children\u2019s Hospital has seen \u201csuper high\u201d RSV admissions in the past two to three weeks, levels\u00a0he has not seen in the six years he has been at that location.<\/p>\n<p>Providers in other states have reported similarly\u00a0high\u00a0admissions. Caroline Njau, senior vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Children\u2019s Minnesota,\u00a0said this year\u2019s RSV\u00a0surge\u00a0far outpaces what\u00a0she has seen in\u00a0at least\u00a0the past six years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cases continue to\u00a0rise\u00a0and we have not seen a peak yet,\u201d said Njau. \u201cAnd RSV itself makes up about two-thirds of the respiratory viral illnesses that we\u2019re seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Publicly available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates a strong presence of RSV in the Midwest, with states like Minnesota, Nebraska,\u00a0Missouri\u00a0and Wisconsin among the top ten states in terms of\u00a0positivity rates.\u00a0This data, however, is incomplete, with about a quarter of states not reporting any case data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The CDC on Friday said in a briefing that RSV cases are rising in 8 out of the 10 regions\u00a0that states are divided into under the Department of Health and Human Services. The southeast and south-central regions of the U.S.\u00a0are\u00a0seeing\u00a0decreases\u00a0in cases, including states like Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Pavia, chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Utah, noted that RSV cases moved in a wave from the southeast to the northwest this year, a reversal for the virus that has usually been observed from west to east across the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Although RSV is a very common pathogen, Pavia said it\u00a0is\u00a0\u201cconsiderably more complicated\u201d in terms of how it\u00a0transmits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t really understand why. It doesn\u2019t follow strict weather patterns. It doesn\u2019t follow strict people movement,\u201d\u00a0said Pavia. \u201cBut what you can say with some certainty is that once it starts to accelerate rapidly in a region, it will go up for eight to 12 weeks, or it will have an\u00a0eight- to 12-week\u00a0outbreak.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pavia noted that it could be a good thing that the virus is not reaching equal levels of severity across the entire U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere are regions in which the pediatric health care system is really overwhelmed and there are no ICU beds for children throughout the entire region. And that\u2019s h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening right now in the Midwest where people are reaching across two or three states to find an ICU\u00a0bed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The health care providers who spoke with The Hill agreed that this recent RSV surge has highlighted issues within the U.S. pediatric health care system, both old and new.<\/p>\n<p>Newland said there are concerns that staffing at children\u2019s hospitals may not be enough, which could lead to situations where some services like non-emergency surgeries are delayed, similar to what occurred during the hardest parts of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Pavia noted that pediatric health systems have lost many staff members in the past three years and the remaining workers are dealing with burnout.<\/p>\n<p>Another issue that providers are citing is the lack of capacity at children\u2019s hospitals. Stephen Dolter,\u00a0division chief of pediatric hospital medicine at\u00a0Children\u2019s Hospital &amp; Medical Center in Nebraska, said his primary concern during this viral surge was running out of space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll stretch however we can to get them into the hospital, whether that\u2019s repurposing hospital space playrooms into treatment patient rooms, or repurposing our emergency department into an inpatient unit,\u201d said Dolter.<\/p>\n<p>There are no vaccines for RSV, though\u00a0Pfizer announced promising results\u00a0from a maternal vaccine earlier this week. Monoclonal antibodies are sometimes used as a mostly preventative measure for children who are at a high risk of developing severe illness. The providers who spoke with The Hill said they have so far not had any issue procuring and maintaining a sufficient supply of monoclonal antibodies.<\/p>\n<p>Health experts and providers say it is critical that parents recognize the signs that a child should go to the hospital for care if they do contract a respiratory infection. RSV symptoms usually manifest about two to eight days after exposure to the virus and the symptoms will typically last about a week on average.<\/p>\n<p>Njau from Minnesota Children\u2019s advised that parents look out for signs that their child is struggling to breathe easily. If breathing has become difficult, then an infant will start taking short, quick breaths and may be grunting as they breathe. A child\u2019s ribcage going inward when they inhale is also an indicator that they are working too hard to breathe.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A child\u2019s skin may also take on a blue or purple tint if they are not getting enough oxygen. In children with darker skin tones, a lack of oxygen can manifest in a similar change in coloring in their lips, gums and around their eyes.\u00a0Njau said parents should also look out for signs that their child is dehydrated or has lost their appetite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately, almost all children recover from the infection on their own, but for those especially those who might have been born premature [and] have other co-morbidities [it] can have a significant impact in the respiratory system. 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