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

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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… Click to show full abstract

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, continuation of high fever after hospital admission, and diphasic fever.

Keywords: patients spanish; severity patients; markers disease; 1919 1920; disease severity; spanish influenza

Journal Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2017

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