MedPage Today September 26, 2024
— Did the resurgence of RSV play a role?
The rate of sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a potential link to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalizations, according to a national study.
Compared with the prepandemic period of March 2018 to December 2019, the risk of SUID increased by a relative 6% during the pandemic (intensity ratio [IR] 1.06, 95% CI 1.05-1.07), reported Catharine Paules, MD, of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and colleagues in JAMA Network Open.
Looking at data on a monthly level, SUID cases were elevated above prepandemic levels from July 2020 through December 2020 and especially from June 2021 to December 2021, with relative increases...
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