Characteristics of Children Hospitalized for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Malaysia
| Autor: | Jamaiyah Hanif, Kah Kee Tan, Yin Leng Lee, Hussain Imam Muhammad Ismail, Premaa Subramaniam, Wilson S.C. Pau, Kamarul Azhar Mohd Razali, Thahira Jamal Mohamed, Tassha Hilda Adnan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Prevalence lcsh:Medicine Disease law.invention lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Influenza A Virus H1N1 Subtype law Intensive care death Health care Pandemic Influenza Human medicine Humans viruses lcsh:RC109-216 Child Pandemics Children business.industry Mortality rate lcsh:R Dispatch Infant Newborn Malaysia Infant virus diseases tropical pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Private sector Intensive care unit Hospitalization co-morbidities Infectious Diseases Family medicine Child Preschool Female business influenza hospitalized |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 4, Pp 708-710 (2011) Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| ISSN: | 1080-6059 1080-6040 |
| Popis: | To determine effects of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on children in the tropics, we examined characteristics of children hospitalized for this disease in Malaysia. Of 1,362 children, 51 (3.7%) died, 46 of whom were in an intensive care unit. Although disease was usually mild, >1 concurrent conditions were associated with higher death rates. T ransmission of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres has been well documented (1–12). These reports described a relatively mild and selflimited clinical illness for most cases. However, data on disease prevalence and severity in children in the tropics are scarce. Malaysia has 132 public and 214 private hospitals. We examined the demographics, clinical presentation, and outcomes of children hospitalized for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in 68 Ministry of Health–affi liated public hospitals in Malaysia that offered pediatric services. These 68 hospitals provide 3,757 beds for children and 101 beds in pediatric intensive care units; each year they serve ≈7,898,700 children |
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