Routine diagnostics at hospital
infection, atelectasis
CARDIOPULMONARY, INFECTION, LUNG HYPERINFLATION, ATELECTASIS
Screening of influenza-infected cases from nasopharyngeal samples at day 0 was firstly conducted by using “BD Veritor System for Detection of Flu A + B” kit (Bection Dickison, NJ, US). Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations and white blood cell counts were measured to access the level of infection. Cardiopulmonary X-ray was appointed for visualization of lung hyperinflation, osler’s nodes, atelectasis… Due to ethical concerns, all these tests were conducted only at day 0 (Table 