Clinical aspects of influenza infection at the Metropolitan Hospital of Quito, Ecuador, between November 2017 and February 2018
Keywords:
influenza, complications, hospitalizationAbstract
Background: Influenza is highly contagious. It presents variable clinical manifestations. 10% presents severe symptoms that can be due to factors associated with the infected individual as well as the virus strain.
Objective: To describe clinical characteristics of influenza outbreak in a private hospital in Quito-Ecuador.
Materials and methods: Retrospective observational study of patients with influenza who were admitted to Emergency and Hospitalization of Hospital Metropolitano of Quito.
Results: 422 influenza cases were identified. The most frequent symptom was cough (83%). 69.1% was treated with oseltamivir and 26.5% with oseltamivir and antibiotics. 203 patients were hospitalized (48.1%), of which 46.8% were children less than 5 years of age. 60% required oxygen, the most frequent complication was pneumonia (38.9%). 9 patients were admitted to intensive care unit. 4 patients died.
Conclusions: Influenza causes high morbidity rates and severe complications.
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