Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Apr;23(4):662-664. doi: 10.3201/eid2304.152097.
Markers of Disease Severity in Patients with Spanish Influenza in the Japanese Armed Forces, 1919-1920.
Kudo K, Manabe T, Izumi S, Takasaki J, Fujikura Y, Kawana A, Yamamoto K.
Abstract
We examined preserved medical charts of 470 Spanish influenza patients (8 with fatal cases) hospitalized at former army hospitals in Japan during 1919-1920. The following factors were associated with longer periods of hospitalization: adventitious discontinuous lung sounds, maximum respiration rate, continuation of high fever after hospital admission, and diphasic fever.
KEYWORDS:
Japan; Spanish influenza; adventitious lung sounds; bacterial pneumonia; disease severity; influenza pandemic; influenza virus; length of hospitalization; pneumonia; respiration rate; respiratory illnesses; respiratory infections; second wave; time course of fever; viral pneumonia; viruses; zoonoses
PMID: 28322699 DOI: 10.3201/eid2304.152097
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Markers of Disease Severity in Patients with Spanish Influenza in the Japanese Armed Forces, 1919-1920.
Kudo K, Manabe T, Izumi S, Takasaki J, Fujikura Y, Kawana A, Yamamoto K.
Abstract
We examined preserved medical charts of 470 Spanish influenza patients (8 with fatal cases) hospitalized at former army hospitals in Japan during 1919-1920. The following factors were associated with longer periods of hospitalization: adventitious discontinuous lung sounds, maximum respiration rate, continuation of high fever after hospital admission, and diphasic fever.
KEYWORDS:
Japan; Spanish influenza; adventitious lung sounds; bacterial pneumonia; disease severity; influenza pandemic; influenza virus; length of hospitalization; pneumonia; respiration rate; respiratory illnesses; respiratory infections; second wave; time course of fever; viral pneumonia; viruses; zoonoses
PMID: 28322699 DOI: 10.3201/eid2304.152097
Free full text