Giuseppe
Emeritus
From ECDC (Jan 21 2011): http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publicatio...UR_Weekly_Influenza_Surveillance_Overview.pdf
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- Denmark Statens Serum Institut:
- Until 17 January 2011, a total of 39 Influenza patients have been reported by intensive care units (ICUs) in Denmark: 14 women and 25 men. The median age was 55 years (range 15–83 years).
- Of the 39 patients, 11 were newly admitted to ICU in week 2/2011.
- The number of new cases did not increase compared to last week.
- There is, however, an increasing pressure on the wards, reflected by the increasing proportion of ICU beds used for influenza patients.
- On Monday 17 January 2011 at 8:00 am, 24 influenza patients were in ICUs, corresponding with 7.5% of the total number of occupied ICU beds in the country and 13.0% in the Central Region.
- Thirty-three patients had influenza A, eleven of whom were further subtyped and had subtype H1N1.
- Six patients had influenza B.
- Four patients with influenza A died.
- Six patients were previously healthy people.
- For 26 patients one or more underlying conditions were reported. Chronic obstructive lung disease, chronic lymphatic leukemia, alcoholism, obesity and hypertension were mentioned several times. Other underlying conditions were Wegener's granulomatosis, kidney failure, asthma and immunosuppressive treatment.
- There were no pregnant women among the reported patients.
- Four patients received Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment.
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