[Recommendations for the use of palivizumab in the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection in late preterm infants (32(1) to 35(0) weeks of gestation)].

Late preterm infants (32(1) to 35(0) weeks gestation) aged less than 6 months at start of RSV station or discharged during this time may benefit from RSV monoclonal antibodies (palivizumab) administration to decrease the rates of RSV hospitalization. The Spanish Society of Neonatology considers, based on FLIP2 results in Spain, that palivizumab prophylaxis is strongly recommended if the "2 major risk factors" are present (chronological age less than 10 weeks at start of RSV season or being born during its first 10 weeks; sibling of school age or attending day-care assistance). Palivizumab is also recommended when "1 major risk factor and the 2 minor risk factors" are present. Minor risk factors are: mother smoking during pregnancy and being a male. 2010 Asociación Española de Pediatría. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.