Markers of Disease Severity in Patients with Spanish Influenza in the Japanese Armed Forces, 1919–1920

Markers of Disease Severity in Patients with Spanish Influenza in the Japanese Armed Forces, 1919–1920

We examined preserved medical charts of 470 Spanish influenza patients (8 with fatal cases) hospitalized at former army hospitals in Japan during 1919–1920. The following factors were associated with longer periods of hospitalization: adventitious discontinuous lung sounds, maximum respiration rate,...

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Main Authors: Koichiro Kudo, Toshie Manabe, Shinyu Izumi, Jin Takasaki, Yuji Fujikura, Akihiko Kawana, Kenji Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Spanish influenza
respiratory illnesses
pneumonia
viral pneumonia
bacterial pneumonia
adventitious lung sounds
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/4/15-2097_article

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