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Emergency Medicine: Pediatrics 221

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  1. Pediatric Sepsis
    8 Topics
  2. Pediatric Meningitis
    8 Topics
  3. Pediatric/neonatal febrile seizures
    8 Topics
  4. Pediatric advanced life support
    10 Topics
  5. Pediatric Croup
    8 Topics
  6. Pediatric RSV
    8 Topics

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Emergency Medicine: Pediatrics 221 Pediatric RSV Key Guidelines and Evidence
Lesson 6, Topic 7
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Key Guidelines and Evidence

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  • AAP Guidelines on Palivizumab Prophylaxis (Pediatrics 2014)
    • Palivizumab prophylaxis recommendations for high-risk infants
    • Maximum 5 monthly doses; no routine use beyond age 24 months
    • Moderate recommendation, high quality evidence
  • AAP Guidelines on Ribavirin (Pediatrics 2006)
    • Ribavirin lacks efficacy for RSV lower respiratory tract disease
    • Routine use not recommended
    • Strong recommendation, moderate quality evidence
  • Cochrane Review (2021)
    • Bronchodilators have limited efficacy for RSV bronchiolitis
    • Routine use not recommended
    • High quality evidence