Respiratory illness and respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization in infants with a tracheostomy following prophylaxis with palivizumab

Abstract

0.75). Children with tracheostomies who received palivizumab had an increased RIH hazard compared with the standard indications group. Similar RSVH hazard between tracheostomy, standard indications, and complex medical disorders groups suggests that children with tracheostomies may benefit from palivizumab by reducing RSVH during the RSV season.