Clinical Study
Clinical Findings in Albanian Patients with 2009 Influenza AH1N1 Admitted at the Intensive Care Unit
Table 1
Characteristics of the 31 study patients who had confirmed infection with 2009 influenza H1N1 virus.
| Variable | | % |
| Gender | | | Male | 13 | 42 | Female | 18 | 58 | Age group (total) | | | 0–5 yr | | | 6–10 yr | | | 11–15 yr | 1 | 3.2 | 15–50 yr | 22 | 71.0 | >50 yr | 8 | 25.8 | Age group (deceased) | | | 0–5 yr | | | 6–10 yr | | | 11–15 yr | | | 15–50 yr | 2/22 | 9.1 | >50 yr | 2/8 | 25.0 | Symptoms/outcome | | | Fever (temperature > 38°C) | 31 | 100.0 | Myalgia or arthralgia | 28 | 90.3 | Headache | 25 | 80.6 | Acute respiratory distress | 12 | 38.7 | Productive cough | 30 | 96.8 | Chronic illnesses | 11 | 35.5 | Endotracheal intubation | 5 | 16.1 | Death | 4 | 12.9 | Days from onset of symptoms to admission—median (range) | 4 | (2–7) | Days from admission to death—median (range) | 3.5 | (1–6) | Laboratory findings—median (range) | | | Leukocyte count—per mm3 | 6800 | 1670–20,000 | Lymphocyte count—per mm3 | 1690 | 770–4800 |
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