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dc.contributor.author | Kelly, P. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kotsimbos, T. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Reynolds, A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wood-Baker, R. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hancox, B. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Brown, S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Holmes, M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Simpson, G. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bowler, S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Waterer, G. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Irving, L. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jenkins, C. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Thompson, P. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cheng, A. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Medical Journal of Australia, 2011; 194(4):169-174 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0025-729X | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1326-5377 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/87895 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To describe the epidemiology of adult patients hospitalised with influenza or pneumonia during a pandemic season in a sentinel network in Australia. Design, participants and setting: Prospective case series of adult hospital admissions to eight acute care general public hospitals (Influenza Complications Alert Network [Flu CAN] sentinel hospitals) in six Australian jurisdictions, 1 July to 4 December 2009. Main outcome measures: Demographic, clinical and outcome measures in patients admitted with laboratory-confirmed pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in the sentinel hospitals compared with data from national notifications and intensive care unit (ICU) surveillance; admissions for influenza and pneumonia over time in each jurisdiction. Results: During 190 hospital-weeks of observation, there were 538 influenza admissions. Of these, 465 patients (86.4%) had the pandemic strain, representing 9.3% of total admissions with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza (n = 4992) recorded nationally in 2009. Of these patients, 250/465 (53.8%) were women, 67/453 (14.8%) were Indigenous, and the median age was 46 years (interquartile range, 29–58 years). Comorbidities were present in 354/464 patients (76.3%), and 40 were pregnant (30.3% of women aged 15–49 years). FluCAN reported that 102 patients (21.9%) were admitted to ICUs, and of patients admitted to hospital, 26 (5.6%) died. FluCAN results were very similar to national notification data and published ICU admissions data. Of those who were followed to 30 days after discharge, 30 (6.5%) were readmitted. Of 1468 patients hospitalised with pneumonia, 718 (48.9%) were tested for influenza and 163 (11.1%) were co-infected with the pandemic strain. Conclusions: Sentinel surveillance systems can provide important and reliable information in a timely fashion and can monitor changes in severity of influenza during a pandemic season. | - |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Paul M Kelly, Tom Kotsimbos, Anna Reynolds, Richard Wood-Baker, Bob Hancox, Simon GA Brown, Mark Holmes, Graham Simpson, Simon Bowler, Grant Waterer, Louis B Irving, Christine Jenkins, Phillip J Thompson and Allen C Cheng | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | Australasian Medical Publishing Company | - |
dc.source.uri | https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2011/194/4/flucan-2009-initial-results-sentinel-surveillance-adult-influenza-and-pneumonia | - |
dc.subject | Humans | - |
dc.subject | Pneumonia | - |
dc.subject | Hospitalization | - |
dc.subject | Sentinel Surveillance | - |
dc.subject | Prospective Studies | - |
dc.subject | Pregnancy | - |
dc.subject | Adolescent | - |
dc.subject | Adult | - |
dc.subject | Aged | - |
dc.subject | Aged, 80 and over | - |
dc.subject | Middle Aged | - |
dc.subject | Intensive Care Units | - |
dc.subject | Australia | - |
dc.subject | Female | - |
dc.subject | Male | - |
dc.subject | Influenza, Human | - |
dc.subject | Young Adult | - |
dc.subject | Pandemics | - |
dc.title | FluCAN 2009: initial results from sentinel surveillance for adult influenza and pneumonia in eight Australian hospitals | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03764.x | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Medicine publications |
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