Comparison of adult patients hospitalised with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza and seasonal influenza during the "PROTECT" phase of the pandemic response

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 356-357

  Davies, Andrew R ^a   Webb, Steven A ^b   Seppelt, Ian M ^c   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^d  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 77952334146     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03545.x     Document Type: Letter

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