Complications of influenza in 272 adult and pediatric patients in a German university hospital during the seasonal epidemic 2017-2018.

Hilte F Geerdes-FengeSaskia KleinHans-Martin SchuldtMicha LöbermannKerstin KöllerJan DäbritzEmil Christian Reisinger

Published in: Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) (2021)

Patients with influenza should be monitored for secondary pneumonia and myocardial infarction, and vaccination should be enforced especially in patients with coronary heart disease and cardiac insufficiency.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
heart failure
risk factors
respiratory failure
childhood cancer
community acquired pneumonia
mechanical ventilation