Table 2 Clinical features, diagnosis and management of 30 confirmed H7N9 cases in Hangzhou
Variable | Confirmed case (N = 30) |
|---|---|
Underlying disease/(N,%) | 21 (70.00) |
Symptom severity/(N,%) | |
Mild | 14 (46.67) |
Moderate | 12 (40.00) |
Severe | 4 (13.33) |
Use of artificial liver/(N,%) | 7 (23.33) |
Use of artificial lung/(N,%) | 5 (16.67) |
Use of dialysis/(N,%) | 9 (30.00) |
Outcome/(N,%) | |
Discharged | 5 (16.67) |
Improved | 3 (10.00) |
Stabilized | 17 (56.67) |
Aggravated | 1 (3.33) |
Died | 3 (10.00) |
Unknown | 1 (3.33) |
Duration between disease onset and | |
First hospital visit/median (range, days) | 1 (0–19) |
First hospitalization/median (range, days) | 4 (0–19) |
Transfer to provincial-level hospital/median (range, days) | 5 (3–21) |
Occurrence of respiratory failure/median (range, days) | 5 (3–11) |
Confirmed diagnosis/median (range, days) | 6 (4–21) |