Infection . Influenza-associated in-hospital mortality during the 2017/2018 influenza season: a retrospective multicentre cohort study in central Germany

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Infection


. 2020 Sep 27.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01529-x. Online ahead of print.
Influenza-associated in-hospital mortality during the 2017/2018 influenza season: a retrospective multicentre cohort study in central Germany


Steve R??ler ¹ , Juliane Ankert ¹ , Michael Baier ² , Mathias W Pletz ¹ , Stefan Hagel ³



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• PMID: 32984912
• DOI: 10.1007/s15010-020-01529-x

Abstract

The aim of this retrospective cohort study at eight hospitals in Germany was to specify influenza-associated in-hospital mortality during the 2017/2018 flu season, which was the strongest in Germany in the past 30 years. A total of 1560 patients were included in the study. Overall, in-hospital mortality was 6.7% (n = 103), in patients treated in the intensive care unit (n = 161) mortality was 22.4%. The proportion of deceased patients per hospital was between 0% and 7.0%. Influenza was the immediate cause of death in 82.8% (n = 82) of the decedents.

Keywords: In-hospital mortality; Influenza; Intensive care; Season 2017/2018.