A comparison of severe outcomes during the waves of pandemic (H1N1) 2009
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 06:30
in Health & Medicine
The second wave of the pandemic (H1N1) was substantially greater than the first with 4.8 times more hospital admissions, 4.6 times more deaths and 4 times more ICU cases, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). However, because of the larger number of people hospitalised during the second wave compared to the first, the percentage of people with severe outcomes was smaller...