Clinical characteristics and prognosis analysis of 37 patients with severe influenza

Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue
Houying QinHui Zhao

Abstract

To explore the clinical characteristics and prognostic risk factors of severe influenza. Clinical data of severe influenza patients admitted to the department of respiratory and critical care medicine of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University from March 2014 to June 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. General information, laboratory test results, and etiological test results of the hospitalization outcomes for survival group and death group during the 28-day follow-up were analyzed using Logistic regression analysis. Among the 37 patients, 29 were males and 8 were females. They aged 25-86 years old with an average of (59.59±15.16) years old. Twenty-one cases had chronic underlying diseases; 28 cases had co-infections, including 6 cases with bacterial infections, 7 cases with fungal infections, 3 case with other pathogens, and 12 cases with mixed infection. Among the 37 patients, 9 died during hospitalization and 5 died within 28-day of discharge. The overall mortality rate was 37.84%. Compared with the survival group, patients in the death group were older (years old: 66.57±3.94 vs. 55.35±14.53), British Thoracic Society's modified pneumonia score (CURB-65 score), acute physiology and chronic health evaluati...Continue Reading

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