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Table 3 Hospitals and population coverage in numbers, GBS patients notified to the neurologist network, estimated sensitivity compared to patients coded as GBS in the National Hospital In-patient Registry and incidence × 100,000

From: Guillain-Barré syndrome following the 2009 pandemic monovalent and seasonal trivalent influenza vaccination campaigns in Spain from 2009 to 2011: outcomes from active surveillance by a neurologist network, and records from a country-wide hospital discharge database

Hospital

Person-years ≥20 years

Number of patients

Proportions

Incidence × 100,000

Number of hospital-registered patientsa

Notified patients

Notified and confirmed GBS (a)

Confirmed not hospital registered (b)

Infection in preceding 30 days

Influenza vaccine in preceding 42 days

Confirmed not registered over notified and confirmed (b/a)

Estimated sensitivity 1-(b/a)

in registered patientsa

in notified patients

Carlos Haya Hospital (Malaga)

3,676,698

19

13

13

4

8

0

0.31

0.69

0.52

0.35

General Hospital (Segovia)

364,983

6

4

4

0

3

0

0.00

1.00

1.64

1.10

La Paz University Hospital (Madrid)

1,239,486

27

19

18

5

10

2

0.28

0.72

2.18

1.45

Miguel Servet University Hospital (Zaragoza)

1,023,261

13

11

9

1

3

0

0.11

0.89

1.27

0.88

Bellvitge University Hospital (Hospitalet de Llobregat)

3,034,845

31

20

20

7

11

2

0.35

0.65

1.02

0.66

Puerta de Hierro University Hospital (Majadahonda)

967,029

17

15

14

0

8

0

0.00

1.00

1.76

1.45

Severo Ochoa University Hospital (Leganés)

472,563

8

5

5

0

3

0

0.00

1.00

1.69

1.06

Virgen de la Salud Hospital (Toledo)

1,003,170

16

17

16

6

11

0

0.38

0.63

1.59

1.59

Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital (Granada)

1,115,721

18

15

13

4

8

0

0.31

0.69

1.61

1.17

University Hospital Clínico (Santiago de Compostela)

1,154,658

38

29

29

8

20

3

0.28

0.72

3.29

2.51

Total

14,052,414

193

148

141

35

85

7

0.25

0.75

1.37

1.00

  1. GBS Guillain-Barré syndrome
  2. aPatients admitted to the respective hospitals during the period 2009–2011 and discharged with ICD-9-CM code 357.0 as their principal diagnosis