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Clinical Characteristics of Influenza in Season 2017/2018 in a German Emergency Department: A Retrospective Analysis.
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Abstract
introductionInfluenza infection is a viral disease with significant morbidity and mortality during the cold months. Clinical presentation typically includes cough, fever, and pain. Influenza disease is hardly diagnosed only on the basis of clinical symptoms due to similar clinical presentation of other diseases such as a typical cold or other flu-like diseases. We evaluated patients with proven influenza who presented at an emergency department of internal medicine in a university hospital according to the clinical presentation and different age groups. MATERIALS AND
methodsFrom October 2017 to April 2018, 723 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for influenza were performed in the emergency department on patients with suspected influenza diagnosed clinically. A total of 240 influenza-positive patients were retrospectively assessed for documented main symptoms, vital parameters, risk factors for an unfavorable course, hospitalization, and death.
resultsThe mean age of influenza patients was 65 years. Overall, 30 patients were aged 18 to 39 years, 48 patients 40 to 59 years, and 162 patients ⩾60 years. Influenza B in 168 (70%) was predominant to 72 influenza A (mostly H1N1). In only 30% of the patients all three typical symptoms (cough, fever, and headache/myalgia) were documented. Headache or myalgia (with 34%) was rather uncommon in influenza B. Sudden onset was cited in only 5.4%; 57% of all influenza patients were in hospital for a mean of 7.1 days, and 5.8% of all influenza patients died. Patients aged above 60 years had more risk factors, showed typical symptoms less frequently, and were hospitalized longer than younger patients (<60 and <40 years).
conclusionsAt an emergency department of internal medicine, influenza-diseased patients are of higher age, show an increased number of comorbidities, and are more likely to have milder symptoms documented. Elderly patients with influenza have a higher hospitalization rate with a longer hospital stay as compared with younger patients.
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