Sydney - Increase in patients presenting to ER with unseasonal respiratory illness

[Denis]

Re: Sydney - Increase in patients presenting to ER with unseasonal respiratory illness

Australian flu season starts in May.

50 confirmed cases of H1N1 in Oz this year already [meaning calendar year, I suppose].

http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/aussies-urged-to-get-swine-flu-vaccine-20100321-qnq7.html?

If you apply the US CDC multiplier to get estimated total cases from confirmed, 50 confirmed is not exactly insignificant.

[alert]

Re: Sydney - Increase in patients presenting to ER with unseasonal respiratory illness

Apparently, Dr. Fulde publishes such a column regularly, since this article below came out on the 28th. No mention of ARI. Instead, he is dealing with heart attacks, car accidents, alcohol-related incidents, and other injuries. So whatever was causing the unseasonal ARI has likely passed, or wasn't nearly the issue we made of it.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/tightness-in-the-chest-hits-sydney/story-e6frezz0-1225846562627

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Sydney - Increase in patients presenting to ER with unseasonal respiratory illness

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102314&page=8

suggests it was a rhinovirus outbreak. The most recent NSW report does not include a separate respiratory disease section this time, so I guess it all blew over.

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/Infectious/reports/210310_weekly_report.asp

[tropical]

Re: Sydney - Increase in patients presenting to ER with unseasonal respiratory illness

#48: "The most recent NSW report does not include a separate respiratory disease section this time ..."

removed the item, removed the news base
or it realy vanished


#47: "the issue we made of it"

pardon but,
the issue he (the Dr.) made of it,
probably he didn't want to miss any possible early warning.