Table 1 Characteristics of 166 inpatients with virologically confirmed influenza infection of the Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria, from November 2017 to March 2018
Number of patients | 166 |
|---|---|
Age: median (IQR) | 2 years (1–5) |
Gender (male) | 94 (57%) |
Subtype - A | 112 (68%) |
Subtype - B | 49 (30%) |
Subtype - A + B | 2 (1%) |
not known | 3 (2%) |
Hospital stay: median (IQR) | 2 days (2–4) |
Paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) | 9 (5%) |
Hospital stay on PICU: median (IQR) | 6 days (3–8) |
Antibiotics on PICU | 8 (89% of PICU patients) |
Invasive ventilation | 2 (1%) |
Non-invasive ventilation | 2 (1%) |
Oxygen therapy | 10 (6%) |
Max. CRP (mg/l): median (IQR) | 8.2 (2.95–21.20) |
Leukocytes (G/l): median (IQR) | 7.3 (5.4–10.6) |
Antibiotics before admission | 16 (10%) |
Antibiotics on ward | 38 (24%) |
Deaths | 1 (1%) |
Vaccinated | 1 out of 166 |