Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Patients with Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Intensive Care Units, Israel

Eran Kopel

, Ziva Amitai, Itamar Grotto, Ehud Kaliner, and Irina Volovik

Author affiliations: Ministry of Health, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds occupied by patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in district ICUs during the described surveillance period, Tel Aviv, Israel. During this period, 5.7% of ICU beds, on average, were continuously occupied by patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection. The occupancy peak was 6.5 of 53.8 standardized ICU beds per million residents (12.1%) during the week ending August 28, 2009. Data are per million residents.

Figure. Number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds occupied by patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in district ICUs during the described surveillance period, Tel Aviv, Israel. During this period, 5.7% of ICU beds, on average, were continuously occupied by patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection. The occupancy peak was 6.5 of 53.8 standardized ICU beds per million residents (12.1%) during the week ending August 28, 2009. Data are per million residents.

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