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Volume 21, Number 4—April 2015
Synopsis

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome , Southern Chile, 1995–2012

Raúl Riquelme, María Luisa Rioseco, Lorena Bastidas, Daniela Trincado, Mauricio Riquelme, Hugo Loyola, and Francisca Valdivieso
Author affiliations: Universidad San Sebastian, Hospital de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt,Chile (R. Riquelme, M.L. Rioseco, M Riquelme); Hospital de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt (L. Bastidas, D. Trincado); Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile (H. Loyola, F. Valdivieso)

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Table 4

Study variables with significant differences between hantavirus pulmonary syndrome patients who did and did not survive, Hospital Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt, Chile, 1995–2012

Variable Survivors, no. (%), n = 56 Nonsurvivors, no. (%), n = 24 Odds ratio (95% CI) p value
Systolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg* 8 (14) 10 (41.7) 4.0 (1.3–12.1) 0.014
Respirations >30 breaths/min* 13 (23) 19 (79.2) 15.3 (3.8–61.5) 0.000
Pulse >120 beats/min* 14 (25) 14 (58.3) 4.0 (1.4–11.1) 0.008
Bleeding manifestations 15 (27) 17 (70.8) 6.8 (2.3–19.7) 0.000
Creatinine >1.3 mg/dL* 13 (23) 13 (54.2) 3.7 (1.2–10.6) 0.017
Admitted to intensive care unit 39 (70) 24 (100) 0.001
Mechanical ventilation 16 (29) 24 (100) 0.000
Shock 13 (23) 24 (100) 0.000
Infiltrates in 4 quadrants in chest radiograph* 21 (38) 18 (75) 5.0 (1.6–15.5) 0.006
PAFI <100* 2 (4) 5 (20.8) 7.1 (1.2–41.2) 0.008
Classified as grade III (severe) 17 (30) 24 (100) 0.000

*On admission. PAFI, arterial oxygen tension/inspiratory oxygen fraction.

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