Pediatric RSV led to higher hospitalization rates than omicron or flu: Study
Posted on AllSides December 27th, 2023
From The Left
![](https://dev.allsides.com/sites/default/files/styles/news_large_image/public/rsv-gty-er-231201_1701449650969_hpMain.jpg?itok=kr34ISpu)
BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images, FILE
A retrospective study revealed that hospital admission rates were far higher for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) than for the omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 or influenza A/B in children presenting at Swedish emergency departments (EDs) from August 2021 to September 2022.
Hospitalization rates were 81.7% for RSV, 31.5% for omicron, and 27.7% for influenza, Dr. Pontus Hedberg and researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm reported. The results appeared in a JAMA Pediatrics.
"That RSV can be dangerous for both infants and young children is well-known, but the major differences in...