Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with H1N1 influenza pneumonia admitted at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

Table 2 Outcomes and Complications of patients with Influenza subtype H1N1 compared to other than H1N1 during the outbreak of 2017

Variables	H1N1 (N = 57)	Other than H1N1 (N = 31)	p-value
Type of admission
ICU	19	0	0.001
SCU	28	17	0.968
Ward	10	13	0.013
Management
Vasopressors	13	1	0.016
Non-invasive ventilation	20	9	0.564
Invasive Ventilation	19	0	< 0.001
Mean Duration Of Intubation ± SD	3.06 ± 4.97	0
Systemic Steroids	23	11	0.654
Antibiotics	56	29	0.282
Oseltamivir	57	28	0.041
Complications
Respiratory Failure	34	9	0.009
ARDS	18	0	< 0.001
Septic Shock	14	1	0.015
MODS	13	3	0.157
Nosocomial Infection	7	0	0.049
Acute Kidney Injury	24	6	0.032
NSTEMI	9	2	0.315
Outcome			0.359
Recovered	42	26
Dead	11	3
Unknown	4	2
Median Length Of Stay (Range)	6 (1–25)	3 (0–12)	0.001

Abbreviations: ICU Intensive care unit; SCU Special care unit; ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; MODS Multi-organ dysfunction Syndrome; NSTEMI Non- ST elevation myocardial infarction

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