The high burden of pneumonia on US emergency departments during the 2009 influenza pandemic

Journal of Infection

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 156-164

  Self, Wesley H ^a   Griffin, Marie R ^a,b   Zhu, Yuwei ^a   Dupont, William D ^a   Barrett, Tyler W ^a   Grijalva, Carlos G ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Influenza; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATHOGEN LOAD; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892432640     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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