Impact of the use of immunoglobulin palivizumab in the State of São Paulo: a cohort study

• Main Authors: Ivana Regina Gonçalves (Author), Marli Teresinha Cassamassimo Duarte (Author), Helio Rubens de Carvalho Nunes (Author), Rubia de Aguiar Alencar (Author), Cristina Maria Garcia de Lima Parada (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Introduction: the use of palivizumab as prophylaxis of the respiratory syncytial virus is not a consensus. In Brazil, it is a public health program, but other countries do not consider it cost-effective. Objective: to identify the rate of hospitalization in Intensive Care Unit for respirato...