Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Snip from weekly report:
Severity of illness
Clinical illness continues to be mild in the majority of cases. One death was reported during week 32 in Ireland. The death occurred in a female aged 16‐64 years old with a pre‐existing clinical condition.
Reported complications were mostly respiratory in nature; 14 cases developed pneumonia, one developed otitis media, two developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and five cases developed other respiratory problems.
Of the 513 confirmed cases, 41 cases were reported as having been admitted to hospital. Thirty‐two hospitalised cases have recovered or are recovering, four are still ill, outcome is awaited for four and one is deceased.
Table 3 shows the number of hospitalised cases by age group (years) and sex.
Eighteen (43.9%) of the hospitalised cases had pre‐existing clinical conditions including chronic heart disease, chronic liver disease, chronic respiratory disease, asthma, haemoglobinopathy, immunosuppression, diabetes mellitus and pregnancy.
More:
http://www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/Emergen...fluenza/Surveillance Reports/File,3749,en.pdf
Comment:
if 43,9 % of the hospitalized cases had pre-existing clinical conditons this would mean more than 50% had NO pre-existing clinical conditions.
Severity of illness
Clinical illness continues to be mild in the majority of cases. One death was reported during week 32 in Ireland. The death occurred in a female aged 16‐64 years old with a pre‐existing clinical condition.
Reported complications were mostly respiratory in nature; 14 cases developed pneumonia, one developed otitis media, two developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and five cases developed other respiratory problems.
Of the 513 confirmed cases, 41 cases were reported as having been admitted to hospital. Thirty‐two hospitalised cases have recovered or are recovering, four are still ill, outcome is awaited for four and one is deceased.
Table 3 shows the number of hospitalised cases by age group (years) and sex.
Eighteen (43.9%) of the hospitalised cases had pre‐existing clinical conditions including chronic heart disease, chronic liver disease, chronic respiratory disease, asthma, haemoglobinopathy, immunosuppression, diabetes mellitus and pregnancy.
More:
http://www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/Emergen...fluenza/Surveillance Reports/File,3749,en.pdf
Comment:
if 43,9 % of the hospitalized cases had pre-existing clinical conditons this would mean more than 50% had NO pre-existing clinical conditions.