Hospitalised adult patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in Melbourne, Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-86

  Denholm, Justin T ^a   Gordon, Claire L ^b   Johnson, Paul D ^b   Hewagama, Saliya S ^c   Stuart, Rhonda L ^c   Aboltins, Craig ^d   Jeremiah, Cameron ^d   Knox, James ^e   Lane, Garry P ^e   Tramontana, Adrian R ^f   Slavin, Monica A ^f   Schulz, Thomas R ^a   Richards, Michael ^a   Birch, Chris J ^g   Cheng, Allen C ^h,i  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Southern Health   (Australia)

^d NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^f PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^g VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^h ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949909711     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03424.x     Document Type: Article

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