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Table 2 Complications and outcomes between influenza A and B

From: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of influenza A and B virus infection in adult Australian hospitalised patients

Variable

Influenza A

Influenza B

P value

n = 1630

n = 216

aLOS median (iqr)

4 (5)

3 (5)

<  0.435

Inpatient mortality

39 (2.4)

3 (1.8)

<  0.353

30-day mortality

77 (4.7)

4 (1.2)

0.041

30-day readmissions

216 (13.3)

30 (13.9)

0.796

Pneumonia

31 (11.2)

1 (3.1)

0.408

Respiratory failure

40 (14.5)

6 (22.2)

0.289

ARDS

15 (0.9)

0

0.183

ACS

50 (3.2)

3 (1.6)

0.244

MET calls mean (SD)

0.15 (0.57)

0.08 (0.29)

0.138

Patients with MET calls n (%)

93 (9.4)

10 (7.0)

0.364

Patients with ≥2 MET calls n (%)

33 (3.3)

1 (0.7)

0.229

ICU hours

13.9 (85.2)

13.9 (67.4)

0.990

Patients needing ICU admission n (%)

123 (7.6)

19 (8.8)

0.517

Sepsis

70 (4.5)

16 (8.7)

0.012

Septic shock

7 (0.5)

7 (3.8)

<  0.001

Myocarditis

1 (0.1)

1 (0.5)

0.068

Pericarditis

1 (0.1)

0

0.732

  1. LOS Length of hospital stay, iqr Interquartile range, ARDS Adult respiratory distress syndrome, ACS Acute coronary syndrome, MET Medical emergency response team, ICU Intensive care unit
  2. aLOS adjusted for inpatient mortality