Abstract

Influenza causes significant healthcare burden globally1 with highest risks in children and the elderly. In children, multiple studies have identified risk factors for severe influenza such as young age (<5 years), presence of comorbidities, abnormal vital signs (e.g. hypoxia, shock) and bacterial coinfections.2-4 We found similar findings in our centre which included children during the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic with age <2 years and comorbidity as risk factors for complicated influenza.5

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