Abstract
Summary. Course and complications of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) during the pandemic influenza A / N1N1 / 2009 were studied based on clinical, laboratory and radiology data. The study involved 250 patients, of them 57 patients with uncomplicated CAP (the 1st group), 124 patients with CAP and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) (the 2nd group), 53 patients with CAP and severe sepsis (the 3rd group), and 16 patients with CAP and septic shock (the 4th group). All patients received antiviral, antibacterial and symptomatic therapy; 193 (77.2 %) patients needed supplemental oxygen, 108 (56 %) were admitted to ICU, 15.6 % of patients needed mechanical ventilation. Bilateral lung injury was diagnosed in 225 patients (90.0 %). Overall mortality was 10.4 %, mortality in obese patients was 30.0 %.
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