title: Early clinical characteristics and pregnancy outcomes of patients with influenza A (H1N1) infection requiring mechanical ventilation during pregnancy.
abstract: The early clinical characteristics and pregnancy outcomes of H1N1-infected pregnant women with or without mechanical ventilation were compared. In H1N1-infected pregnant women with mechanical ventilation, the gestational age was greater, the early oxygenation index was lower and early-stage pneumonic lesions were wider than patients without mechanical ventilation. Moreover, compared with the non-mechanical ventilation group, the incidence of the adverse pregnancy outcomes was higher in the mechanical ventilation group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: W Z
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D055815:Young Adult