RespiGam: an RSV immune globulin
Oertel, M.D.
Pediatric Nursing 22(6): 525-528
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0097-9805 PMID: 9087091 Document Number: 462353
Respiratory syncytial virus immune globulin has been shown to prevent or attenuate RSV lower respiratory tract infection in infants under 24 months of age with BPD or who were born prematurely (< or = 35 weeks gestation). The use of RSV-IG is expensive. The estimated average cost of prophylaxis for a season is $4,000 to $5,000 per infant. Because of the cost of RSV-IG, and because viral transmission is possible when any blood product is administered, careful consideration of which children should receive RSV-IG is warranted.