Experience with pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza in a large pediatric hospital

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 192-198

  Gastañaduy, Arturo S ^a   Bégué, Rodolfo E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; influenza; pandemic; pediatrics; primary health care

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REINFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOUISIANA; MALE; PANDEMICS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84859627987     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3182501475     Document Type: Article

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