Table 1.

Demographic characteristics, complications, treatment, and outcomes.

Characteristic	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4
Age (years)	62	63	67	58
Sex	Male	Male	Female	Female
Occupation	Farmer	Retired	Retired	Farmer
Cardinal symptom	High fever, chest distress, shortness of breath, dyspnea	Cough, high fever, dyspnea, hemoptysis	High fever, chest distress, dyspnea	High fever, chest pain, cough, chest distress, shortness of breath, abdominal pain
Underlying conditions	Hypertension	Hypertension, coronary heart disease, COPD, pulmonary heart disease	Hypertension, coronary heart disease, tuberculosis of lymph nodes	Hypertension
Poultry exposure in the past 2 weeks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Septic shock	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ARDS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Acute renal damage	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Encephalopathy	No	No	Yes	Yes
Rhabdomyolysis	No	Yes	No	Yes
Secondary infections	No	No	Yes	Yes
Oxygen therapy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Continuous renal-replacement therapy	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Antibiotic therapy	Linezolid, imipenem, cilastatin sodium, piperacillin, teicoplanin, moxifloxacin	Linezolid, imipenem, cilastatin sodium, vancomycin, piperacillin, teicoplanin	Linezolid, imipenem, cilastatin sodium, vancomycin, piperacillin, teicoplanin	Imipenem and cilastatin, linezolid, cefoperazone and sulbactam, moxifloxacin
Antiviral agents	Oseltamivir	Oseltamivir, peramivir	Oseltamivir, peramivir	Oseltamivir
Steroids	Methylprednisolone	Methylprednisolone	Methylprednisolone	Methylprednisolone
Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Duration of hospital stay	16 days	7 days	26 days	28 days
Prognosis	Cured	Death	Discharge when H7N9 was negative	Cured