Asthma in patients hospitalized with pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infection-United States, 2009

Asthma was the most common co-morbidity among patients hospitalized with pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 [pH1N1] infection. The objective was to compare characteristics of hospitalized pH1N1 patients with and without asthma and assess factors associated with severity among asthma patients. Patient d...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC infectious diseases 2013-01, Vol.13 (1), p.57-57, Article 57
Hauptverfasser:	McKenna, John J, Bramley, Anna M, Skarbinski, Jacek, Fry, Alicia M, Finelli, Lyn, Jain, Seema
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Asthma Asthma - complications Asthma - epidemiology Child Child, Preschool Comorbidity Disease control Epidemiology Female H1N1pdm09 Hospital Mortality Hospitalization Hospitals Humans ICU Influenza A virus Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype Influenza, Human - complications Influenza, Human - epidemiology Male Medical research Middle Aged Public health United States - epidemiology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Asthma was the most common co-morbidity among patients hospitalized with pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 [pH1N1] infection. The objective was to compare characteristics of hospitalized pH1N1 patients with and without asthma and assess factors associated with severity among asthma patients. Patient data were derived from two 2009 pandemic case-series of U.S. pH1N1 hospitalizations. A case was defined as a person ≥ 2 years old hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed pH1N1. Asthma status was determined through chart review. Among 473 cases, 29% had asthma. Persons with asthma were more likely to be 2-17 years old (39% vs. 30%, p = 0.04) and black (29% vs. 18%, p
ISSN:	1471-2334 1471-2334
DOI:	10.1186/1471-2334-13-57