Critically Ill Patients With 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) in Mexico.

Autor: Domínguez-Cherit, Guillermo, Lapinsky, Stephen E., Macias, Alejandro E., Pinto, Ruxandra, Espinosa-Perez, Lourdes, De la Torre, Alethse, Poblano-Morales, Manuel, Baltazar-Torres, Jose A., Bautista, Edgar, Martinez, Abril, Martinez, Marco A., Rivero, Eduardo, Valdez, Rafael, Ruiz-Palacios, Guillermo, Hernández, Martín, Stewart, Thomas E., Fowler, Robert A.
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Zdroj: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; 11/4/2009, Vol. 302 Issue 17, p1880-1887, 8p, 4 Charts, 3 Graphs
Abstrakt: The article discusses a study which described the baseline characteristics, treatment and outcomes of consecutive critically ill patients in Mexican hospitals that treated the majority of such patients with confirmed, probable, or suspected 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infections. The study used 58 critically ill patients with A(H1N1) infections between March 24 and June 1, 2009 at six hospitals. A piloted case report form was used in collecting demographic data, symptoms, comorbid conditions, illness progressions, treatments and clinical outcomes. The study observed the occurrence of critical illness in 58 of 899 patients admitted to the hospital with the virus.
Databáze: Complementary Index