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Saudi experts’ recommendation for RSV prophylaxis in the era of COVID-19

Consensus from the Saudi Pediatric Pulmonology Association

Adel S. Alharbi, Mohamed Alzahrani, Abdulrahman N. Alodayani, Mohamed Y. Alhindi, Saleh Alharbi and Abdulrahman Alnemri
Saudi Medical Journal April 2021, 42 (4) 355-362; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.4.20200769
Adel S. Alharbi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi A, Alodayani), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alzahrani), Security Forces Hospital; from the Pediatrics Department (Alnemri), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhindi), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohamed Alzahrani
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi A, Alodayani), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alzahrani), Security Forces Hospital; from the Pediatrics Department (Alnemri), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhindi), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulrahman N. Alodayani
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi A, Alodayani), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alzahrani), Security Forces Hospital; from the Pediatrics Department (Alnemri), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhindi), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohamed Y. Alhindi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi A, Alodayani), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alzahrani), Security Forces Hospital; from the Pediatrics Department (Alnemri), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhindi), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saleh Alharbi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi A, Alodayani), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alzahrani), Security Forces Hospital; from the Pediatrics Department (Alnemri), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhindi), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulrahman Alnemri
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi A, Alodayani), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alzahrani), Security Forces Hospital; from the Pediatrics Department (Alnemri), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhindi), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 42 no. 4 355-362
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.4.20200769
PubMed 
33795490

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received November 28, 2020
  • Accepted February 23, 2021
  • Published online March 31, 2021.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License (CC BY-NC), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Adel S. Alharbi, MD, FCCP⇑,
  2. Mohamed Alzahrani, MBBs, MD,
  3. Abdulrahman N. Alodayani, MBBS, MD,
  4. Mohamed Y. Alhindi, MBBS, MD,
  5. Saleh Alharbi, MBBS, MD⇑ and
  6. Abdulrahman Alnemri, MBBS, MD
  1. From the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi A, Alodayani), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alzahrani), Security Forces Hospital; from the Pediatrics Department (Alnemri), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alhindi), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard; from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Alharbi S), Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Adel S. Alharbi, Department of Pediatrics, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: dr.adelalharbi{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7974-4026
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Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2021, 42 (4) 355-362; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.4.20200769
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    • 1. Introduction
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