Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: prognostic factors for death in reported cases in Brazil

• Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 106; no. 5; pp. 298 - 302
• Main Authors: da Rosa Elkhoury, Mauro, da Silva Mendes, Wellington, Waldman, Eliseu Alves, Dias, Juarez Pereira, Carmo, Eduardo Hage, Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, Pedro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2012; Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adult; Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil; Brazil - epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Dyspnea; Dyspnea - mortality; Dyspnea - physiopathology; Epidemiology; Female; General aspects; Hantavirus; Hantavirus - pathogenicity; Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome - diagnosis; Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome - mortality; Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome - physiopathology; Historical account; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Mortality; Multiple regression analysis; Pneumology; Prevalence; Prognosis; Prognostic factors; Regression analysis; Respiration; Respiration, Artificial; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Rural areas; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases; Winter; Young Adult; South America; Brazil; America; Brazil; Hantavirus; Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; Epidemiology; Prognostic factors; Prognosis; Respiratory disease; Mortality; Infection; Virus; Bunyaviridae; Viral disease; Respiratory distress; Tropical medicine

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) was described for the first time in Brazil in 1993 and has occurred endemically throughout the country. This study analysed clinical and laboratory aspects as well as death-related factors for HPS cases in Brazil from 1993 to 2006. The investigation comprised a de...