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ICU-treated influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 infections more severe post pandemic than during 2009 pandemic: a retrospective analysis

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Editor, Senior Moderator
BMC Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 21;17(1):728. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2829-3.
[h=1]ICU-treated influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 infections more severe post pandemic than during 2009 pandemic: a retrospective analysis.[/h] Ylipalosaari P[SUP]1[/SUP], Ala-Kokko TI[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Laurila J[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Ahvenj?rvi L[SUP]4[/SUP], Syrj?l? H[SUP]5[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] We compared in a single mixed intensive care unit (ICU) patients with influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 between pandemic and postpandemic periods.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data in 2009-2016. Data are expressed as median (25th-75th percentile) or number (percentile).
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] Seventy-six influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 patients were admitted to the ICU: 16 during the pandemic period and 60 during the postpandemic period. Postpandemic patients were significantly older (60 years vs. 43 years, p < 0.001) and less likely to have epilepsy or other neurological diseases compared with pandemic patients (5 [8.3%] vs. 6 [38%], respectively; p = 0.009). Postpandemic patients were more likely than pandemic patients to have cardiovascular disease (24 [40%] vs. 1 [6%], respectively; p = 0.015), and they had higher scores on APACHE II (17 [13-22] vs. 14 [10-17], p = 0.002) and SAPS II (40 [31-51] vs. 31 [25-35], p = 0.002) upon admission to the ICU. Postpandemic patients had higher maximal SOFA score (9 [5-12] vs. 5 [4-9], respectively; p = 0.03) during their ICU stay. Postpandemic patients had more often septic shock (40 [66.7%] vs. 8 [50.0%], p = 0.042), and longer median hospital stays (15.0 vs. 8.0 days, respectively; p = 0.006). During 2015-2016, only 18% of the ICU- treated patients had received seasonal influenza vaccination.
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] Postpandemic ICU-treated A(H1N1) pdm09 influenza patients were older and developed more often septic shock and had longer hospital stays than influenza patients during the 2009 pandemic.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Critical care; Influenza; Outcome

PMID: 29162037 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2829-3
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