A Scoring System for Identifying Severe Cases of Influenza-like Illness by Comorbidity and Age - A Nationwide Cohort Analysis

摘要

From 2008 to 2010, there were 319,775 ILI inpatient cases, of which 8.82% entered ICU and 3.83% died at hospital discharge. The significant comorbidity attributes varied in each age stratum: heart failure in any age, non-dialyzed renal insufficiency in any age, cancer in school-age children up to mid-age adults, tuberculosis in the elderly, stroke in adults, congenital anomaly in children and adolescents, transplant in school-age up to adolescents, or HIV in young adults. Comorbidity vector was (heart failure, non-dialyzed renal insufficiency, cancer, tuberculosis, stroke, congenital anomaly, transplant, HIV). Age vector was (1, 1, 6<=age<45, 75<=age, 18<=age<65, 0