Abstract
Evaluation of Cardiovascular System Involvement in Hospitalized Cases of Swine Flu
Highlights
Swine flu primarily affects respiratory system but there are case reports on involvement of cardiovascular system
49 Cases belong to category C and 15 cases each in category B1 and B2. 13 cases (16.46%) had one or more underlying pre-existing cardiovascular disease (PCVD)
Involvement of cardiovascular system was associated with increase requirement for mechanical ventilator and high mortality
Summary
A new epidemic was anticipated and this study was planned These epidemics was lasted till March 2019 and during this period a total of 447 cases were screened for H1N1 out of which 259 cases were found to be positive by RT-PCR and among them 79 were admitted in the dedicated swine flu ward and included in the study. 1. All patients of swine flu confirmed by positive RT-PCR admitted in the hospital. Severity of swine flu was categorized as follow (according to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt of India guidelines revised on 18/10/2016): Category-A: Patients with mild fever plus cough / sore throat with or without bodyache, headache, diarrhoea and vomiting. Category-B1: In addition to all the signs and symptoms mentioned under Category-A, these patients has high grade fever and severe sore throat. ANOVA test, Pearson’s Correlation test, Linear Regression Analysis and Student ‘t’ test were used for continuous variables
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