Epidemiology and clinical presentation of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) among hospitalized children in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 254-258

  Owayed, Abdullah F ^a,b   Husain, Entesar H ^a,b   Al Khabaz, Ahmad ^b   Al Qattan, Hanan Y ^c   Al Shammari, Nufoud ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Children; Influenza A H1N1; Kuwait

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OSELTAMIVIR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INTENSIVE CARE; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SORE THROAT; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TACHYPNEA; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; OSELTAMIVIR; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84859619409     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333771     Document Type: Article

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