XXXX related in-hospital mortality in the Netherlands.

@entity1 @entity4002 @entity6 @entity5 @entity1030 @entity204 @entity65
INTRODUCTION: A large outbreak of @entity4002 has been reported in the Netherlands with over 3500 cases from 2007 to 2009, during which 749 @entity1 were hospitalised. In foreign cohorts, reported mortality rates in @entity1 hospitalised with @entity4002 , ranged from 0.9 to 2.4%. We analysed mortality among hospitalised @entity1 with @entity4002 in the Netherlands. METHODS: Physicians from hospitals in the afflicted region were asked to provide details about @entity1 who died with a diagnosis of @entity4002 between 2007 and 2009. RESULTS: Nine @entity1 (seven males, median age 72 years) from six hospitals were reported, who died within approximately one month following hospitalisation for @entity4002 . Six definite @entity4002 cases and three probable cases were identified. Six @entity1 presented with infiltrates on the chest X-ray and a median CURB-65 score of 3. Median time of hospitalisation was 13 days (range 1-33). All @entity1 had serious, often coinciding, underlying conditions including chronic @entity65 , @entity1030 , @entity6 and @entity5 . CONCLUSION: The mortality rate of @entity1 hospitalised because of @entity4002 was estimated at approximately 1%. @entity1 who died with @entity4002 were often male, of older age, and had chronic coinciding underlying conditions, which gives an a priori higher risk of @entity204 .
