Hospitalised patients with suspected 2009 H1N1 influenza A in a hospital in Norway, July - December 2009.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The main objective of this study was to describe the patients who were hospitalised at Oslo University Hospital Aker during the first wave of pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) in Norway.

Methods

Clinical data on all patients hospitalised with influenza-like illness from July to the end of November 2009 were collected prospectively. Patients with confirmed H1N1 Influenza A were compared to patients with negative H1N1 tests.

Results

182 patients were hospitalised with suspected H1N1 Influenza A and 64 (35%) tested positive. Seventeen patients with positive tests (27%) were admitted to an intensive care unit and four patients died (6%). The H1N1 positive patients were younger, consisted of a higher proportion of non-ethnic Norwegians, had a higher heart rate on admi

SUBMITTER: Brandsaeter BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3078866 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature