Overview of viral pneumonia associated with influenza virus and its therapeutic treatment
Corresponding Author(s) : Pasam. Shireesha
shireesha.p73@gmail.com
International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research,
Vol. 11 No. 1 (2023): 2023 Volume -11 - Issue 1
Abstract
The study was conducted at aware Gleneagles global hospitals in L.B. nagar, Hyderabad, over a 6 months period among 70 subjects in the study. Patients with the history of flu[viral pneumonia], patients of either sex, and patients from the age of 5-70 were included in the study. Patients with or without co morbidities are both allowed. Any patients with flu like symptoms who are at risk of developing viral pneumonia had their information collected using a well- designed data collection form that included patient demographics, prescriptions charts, laboratory investigations, medical history, and other pertinent information. A total of 70 of the patients were collected out of which male patients who are 38 in number and 32 females in number. Among 70 patients, 47 members are affected by type A influenza 21 members are affected by type B virus, 2 members are affected by type C virus of influenza and none were affected by type D virus. Among 70 patients in observational studies 75% were vaccinated and remaining 25% were unvaccinated. And patients are 33 in number of having fever ranging from 99-101 degree Fahrenheit and 37 in number of having fever ranging from 101-103 degree Fahrenheit . Season wise number of patients include summer-4, winter-45, rainy season-21.
Keywords
Influenza, Pneumonia, Demographics, co morbidities, prescriptions charts, laboratory investigations.
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Pasam. Shireesha, Byroju. Anusha, A. Sree Pravallika, Siliveru. Shirisha, Shivkumar shete. Overview of viral pneumonia associated with influenza virus and its therapeutic treatment. Int. J. of Allied Med. Sci. and Clin. Res. [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 27 [cited 2025 Sep. 20];11(1):67-76. Available from: https://ijamscr.com/ijamscr/article/view/1306
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