Increased severity of respiratory syncytial virus airway infection due to passive smoke exposure

Objective Aim of this study was to analyze whether children with objectively measured second‐hand cigarette smoke (SHS) exposure suffer from a more severe course of disease when hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Methods This prospective study was conducted at the Department of Pediatrics, Wilhelminen‐Hospital, Vienna, Austria in children aged below 1 year without a history of...