[Management of seasonal influenza in 2017/2018 at a German tertiary-care hospital].

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are only few structured reports on inpatient management of a seasonal influenza epidemic.

Objectives

A systematic description of a seasonal influenza patient population at a German university hospital to improve risk stratification and clinical care.

Methods

In this monocentric, retrospective observational study of the 2017/2018 influenza season at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, patients with confirmed influenza infection were included.

Results

Of all influenza swabs performed in the emergency department, 24% (n = 162/676) were positive. A total of 255 patients (median age 66 years) had an influenza infection (influenza A n = 79, influenza B n = 176); 27 (15.3%) were nosocomial infections. Of the 179 (70.2%) patients that were

SUBMITTER: Kraef C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7096087 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature