Severe acute respiratory infections (Sari) from influenza in adult patients in Chile

The experience of a sentinel hospital

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ID14969063
AuthorsAlberto Fica (Infectious Disease Service, Hospital Militar de Santiago, Santiago, Chile., corresponding author), Viviana Sotomayor (Department of Epidemiology, Ministerio de Salud, Santiago, Chile.), Rodrigo Fasce (0000-0002-2213-1461, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile), Jeannette Dabanch (Infectious Disease Service, Hospital Militar de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.), Andrés Soto (0000-0003-2824-9409, Infectious Disease Service, Hospital Militar de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.), Paulo Charpentier (0009-0008-7751-2502, Infectious Disease Service, Hospital Militar de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.), Gonzalo Guerrero (0000-0002-7207-4880, Infectious Disease Service, Hospital Militar de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.), Felipe Olivares (0000-0002-4798-8680, Infectious Disease Service, Hospital Militar de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.), Vjera Triantafilo (Hospital Militar de Santiago), Nathalie El Omeiri (0000-0002-4412-7287, Comprehensive Family Immunization Unit, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., United States of America.), Marina Gaínza-Lein (School of Medicine, Universidad Austral de Chile–Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia, Chile.), Marina Gaínza‐Lein (0000-0001-9175-9458)
Year2019
Volume43
Pages1-11
Publication date2019-01-25
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherPan American Health Organization (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26633/rpsp.2019.1
PMID31093225
OpenAlexW2909372491
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited30

Influenza-associated SARI affected mainly elderly patients with underlying conditions. Most patients evolved to respiratory failure and more than one-quarter required critical care beds. Clinical presentation was variable. Death was associated with host characteristics and disease-associated conditions, and vaccine was protective. Virus type did not influence outcome

Cohort · Cohort study · Confidence interval · Intensive care unit · Odds ratio · Pneumonia · Influenza Virus Research Studies · Medicine · Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections · Respiratory viral infections research · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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