A STUDY OF CLINICAL PROFILE OF 100 CASES OF INFLUENZA A H1N1 PNEUMONITIS (SWINE FLU) ADMITTED IN P.D.U. CIVIL HOSPITAL, RAJKOT IN THE YEAR 2019

MANISHA D. PANCHAL; BHAVIK ASHOKBHAI CHAUHAN

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

A STUDY OF CLINICAL PROFILE OF 100 CASES OF INFLUENZA A H1N1 PNEUMONITIS (SWINE FLU) ADMITTED IN P.D.U. CIVIL HOSPITAL, RAJKOT IN THE YEAR 2019

Manisha D. Panchal, Bhavik Ashokbhai Chauhan

Abstract :

BACKGROUND: WE DESCRIBE THE CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH H1N1 (SWINE FLU) PNEUMONITIS IN PDU CIVIL HOSPITAL, RAJKOT. MATERIAL AND METHODS: FROM JANUARY 2019, WE OBSERVED 100 CASES OF RT–PCR CONFIRMED INFLUENZA A H1N1 (SWINE FLU) ADMITTED IN SEASONAL FLU WARD OF P.D.U. CIVIL HOSPITAL, RAJKOT AND CLINICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOME OF THE DISEASE MONITORED. RESULTS: OF 100 CASES, 55 WERE MALES. MEDIAN AGE WAS 48 YEARS, WITH MAJORITY OF CASES WITHIN 45 TO 60 YEARS AGEGROUP. ONE THIRD OF PATIENTS EXPIRED. MOST COMMON SYMPTOMS WERE COUGH (98%), FEVER (93%) AND BREATHLESSNESS (92%). THE MOST COMMON COMORBIDITY ASSOCIATED WITH SWINE FLU IS TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS (41%) OUT OF WHICH 70% WERE FIRST TIME INCIDENTALLY DIAGNOSED, FOLLOWED BY HYPERTENSION AND IHD.PATIENT WHO NEDED VENTILATORY SUPPORT THROUGHT THE COURSE, 95% OF THEM DISCHARGED. CONCLUSION: DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE II IS FOUND TO BE A SIGNIFICANT RISK FACTOR FOR SWINE FLU. AS THE ASSOCICATED COEXISTING CONDITIONS INCREASES, THE OUTCOME WILL BE POORER. NEED OF VENTILATOR IS A RISK FACTOR ASSOCIATED WITH POOR OUTCOME.