2009 H1N1 Influenza and Experience in Three Critical Care Units

Teke, Turgut; Coskun, Ramazan; Sungur, Murat; Guven, Muhammed; Bekci, Taha T; Maden, Emin; Alp, Emine; Doganay, Mehmet; Erayman, Ibrahim; Uzun, Kursat

Statistical analysis; Descriptive analysis included frequency (%) and mean ± standard deviation (SD). Mann-Whitney Test used for significance in between groups. We accepted P value <0.05 for significance. Table 1, Table 2 and Table 3 . In Table 4 comparison between survivors and nonsurvivors were shown. 3 ) 188.8±108.4 Opacity on initial chest X-ray, n (%) Normal chest X-ray 2 (3.2%) Bilateral infiltrates on chest X-ray 55 (90.1%) 1/4 quadrants infiltrates on chest X-ray 1 (1.7%) 2/4 quadrants infiltrates on chest X-ray 10 (17.2%) 3/4 quadrants infiltrates on chest X-ray 7 (12%) 4/4 quadrants infiltrates on chest X-ray 40 (69%) Symptoms at presentation included fever (88.5 %), cough (83.6 %), sputum (79 %) and dyspnea (96.7%). Diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting were reported in 24.6 %, 39.3 %, and 45.9 %, respectively. The mean time from the onset of illness to critical care admission was 7.56 ± 4.1 days (range, 2 to 22). Un-derlying medical condition was existed in 50 (82 %) patients. Obesity (27.9 %) and COPD (14.7 %) were the most common conditions in patients. There was no significant difference according to underlying medical condition in between nonsurvivor and survivor groups. A total of 3 patients (4.9%) were pregnant, of whom 2 had another underlying medical condition (asthma and heart disease). Of the 4 pregnant patients, 1 was in the first trimester, 1 was in the second trimester, 1 was in the third trimester, and 1 was in the postpartum period.