Open AccessThorax computed tomography findings and mortality analysis of a localized outbreak of H1N1 pneumonia in east Part of Turkey in 2013
Author(s) -
Servet Kayhan,
Aziz Gümüş,
Halit Çınarka,
Sabri Oğullar,
Ayşe Ertürk,
Ünal Şahin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of experimental and clinical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.103
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1309-4483
pISSN - 1309-5129
DOI - 10.5835/jecm.omu.30.04.012
Subject(s) - thorax (insect anatomy) , outbreak , computed tomography , pneumonia , medicine , radiology , anatomy , virology
There in we report a local outbreak of H1N1 pneumonia in east part of (Blacksea region) of Turkey. A total of 118 patients admitted to our emergency department with the similar complaints of malaise, high fever, myalgia, cough and dyspnea between December 2012 and April 2013. The diagnosis of H1N1 virus infection was confirmed in 21 hospitalized patients with pneumonia by using real-time polymerase chain reaction method. Five of the 21 patients died due to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in a few days. We investigated the radiological manifestations and the risk factors for the mortality of the patients with influenza A (H1N1) virus related pneumonia. J. Exp. Clin. Med., 2013; 30:339-344
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