Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic: Was there a difference in the two waves in patients requiring admission to the intensive-care unit?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1355-1358

  Ramakrishna, K ^a   Peter, J V ^a   Karthik, G ^a   Abraham, A M ^a   Surekha, V ^a   Karthik, R ^a   Chacko, B ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Intensive care; Outcome; Swine flu; Wave

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SUIDAE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80051912358     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03584.x     Document Type: Article

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