Table 1 Chronic co-morbid conditions in children hospitalized with influenza A/H1N1v infection in Brussels
From: Pandemic A/H1N1v influenza 2009 in hospitalized children: a multicenter Belgian survey
Global cohort | Ward patients | PICU patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 215 | N = 194 | N = 21 | ||
N of Patients with ≥ 1 co-morbidity (%) | 101 (47) | 88 (45) | 13 (62) | p = 0.1 |
Distribution of co-morbidities | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Chronic lung disease | 32 (15) | 30 (15) | 2 (10) | |
Asthma | 18 (8) | 18 (9) | ||
Neurological disease | 31 (14) | 26 (13) | 5 (24) | |
History of prematurity | 21 (10) | 21 (11) | none | |
median GA* (weeks) | 33 W | |||
Hemato-oncology | 19 (9) | 17 (9) | 2 (10) | |
HSCT** | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | ||
Sickle-cell disease | 8 (4) | 7 (4) | 1 (5) | |
Congenital heart disease | 14 (7) | 12 (6) | 2 (10) | |
surgically corrected | 6 (3) | |||
Malnutrition | 12 (6) | 12 (6) | none | |
Metabolic disease | 3 (1) | 3 (2) | none | |
Diabetes | 2 (1) | 1 (< 1) | 1 (5) | |
Renal disease | 3 (1) | 2 (1) | 1 (5) | |
Solid organ transplant | 2 (1) | 1 (< 1) | 1 (5) |