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Editor, Senior Moderator
Epidemiol Infect
. 2022 Apr 27;150:e101.
doi: 10.1017/S0950268822000760.
Estimating excess septicaemia mortality and hospitalisation burden associated with influenza in Hong Kong, 1998 to 2019
Jessica Y Wong[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chung-Mei M Cheung[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Helen S Bond[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Justin K Cheung[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Huizhi Gao[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Vicky J Fang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Eric H Y Lau[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Benjamin J Cowling[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Peng Wu[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Influenza virus infections can lead to a number of secondary complications, including sepsis. We applied linear regression models to mortality and hospital admission data coded for septicaemia from 1998 to 2019 in Hong Kong, and estimated that septicaemia was associated with an annual average excess mortality rate of 0.23 (95% CI 0.04-0.40) per 100 000 persons per year and an excess septicaemia hospitalisation rate of 1.73 (95% CI 0.94-2.50) per 100 000 persons per year. The highest excess morbidity and mortality was found in older adults and young children, and during influenza A(H3N2) epidemics.
Keywords: Influenza; death; hospitalisation.
. 2022 Apr 27;150:e101.
doi: 10.1017/S0950268822000760.
Estimating excess septicaemia mortality and hospitalisation burden associated with influenza in Hong Kong, 1998 to 2019
Jessica Y Wong[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chung-Mei M Cheung[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Helen S Bond[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Justin K Cheung[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Huizhi Gao[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Vicky J Fang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Eric H Y Lau[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Benjamin J Cowling[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Peng Wu[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35606895
- DOI: 10.1017/S0950268822000760
Abstract
Influenza virus infections can lead to a number of secondary complications, including sepsis. We applied linear regression models to mortality and hospital admission data coded for septicaemia from 1998 to 2019 in Hong Kong, and estimated that septicaemia was associated with an annual average excess mortality rate of 0.23 (95% CI 0.04-0.40) per 100 000 persons per year and an excess septicaemia hospitalisation rate of 1.73 (95% CI 0.94-2.50) per 100 000 persons per year. The highest excess morbidity and mortality was found in older adults and young children, and during influenza A(H3N2) epidemics.
Keywords: Influenza; death; hospitalisation.