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. 2010 Nov 4;116(18):3431-4.
doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-05-282194. Epub 2010 Jul 23.

Severe pandemic H1N1 and seasonal influenza in children and young adults with sickle cell disease

John J Strouse  1 , Megan E Reller, David G Bundy, Martha Amoako, Maria Cancio, Rachel N Han, Alexandra Valsamakis, James F Casella
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Severe pandemic H1N1 and seasonal influenza in children and young adults with sickle cell disease

John J Strouse et al. Blood. .

Abstract

Influenza causes excess morbidity in sickle cell disease (SCD). H1N1 pandemic influenza has been severe in children. To compare H1N1 with seasonal influenza in SCD (patients younger than 22), we reviewed medical records (1993-2009). We identified 123 cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza (94 seasonal, 29 H1N1). Those with seasonal influenza were younger (median 4.4 vs 8.7 years old, P = .006) and had less asthma (24% vs 56%, P = .002). Those with H1N1 influenza more often had acute chest syndrome (ACS; 34% vs 13%, P = .01) and required intensive care (17% vs 3%, P = .02), including mechanical ventilation (10% vs 0%, P = .02). In multivariate analysis, older age (odds ratio [OR] 1.1 per year, P = .04) and H1N1 influenza (OR 3.0, P = .04) were associated with ACS, and older age (OR 1.1 per year, P = .02) and prior ACS (OR 3.3 per episode in last year, P < .006) with intensive care. Influenza, especially H1N1, causes critical illness in SCD and should be prevented.

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Number of cases of seasonal influenza A, influenza B, and pandemic H1N1 influenza in children and young adults (aged < 22 years) and unique patients seen per year, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1993-2009.
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