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    Beijing Times >> February 21, 2014 >>015 version >>Back HomeCity

    Planning Commission, said David did not rule out possible dissemination of H7N9 cases

    Patients with pneumonia of unknown cause must be treated in isolation

    February 21, 2014 Source: Beijing Times

    Beijing Times (Reporter Xue-Mei Sun) yesterday, the Beijing Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission issued a notice under the requirements of the medical staff of medical institutions for patients with unexplained pneumonia treatment should be carefully understand the patient's history, especially history of exposure to poultry. Various medical institutions where patients admitted with pneumonia of unknown cause, single room isolation and treatment should be carried out.

    There may distribute H7N9

    Recently, the Beijing area has found two cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza in severe cases. Showed high fever, coughing up blood, how dirty bad so fast progress, the prognosis is poor. Unexplained pneumonia become a common feature of these diseases.

    Currently the city does not exclude the possibility of the recurrence of sporadic cases, in order to do the rescue work, the Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission met the requirements of medical institutions at all levels in patients with unexplained pneumonia should seriously history, timely and accurate sampling, and timely use of antiviral drugs.

    Not only large hospital doctors to ask patients with history of exposure to poultry, community health centers admissions of patients with the above history, to guide the patient immediately to the county Regional Medical Center over the establishment of fever clinics of medical institutions for treatment.

    For patients with unexplained pneumonia have a clear history of exposure to poultry, the hospital as soon as possible to collect the patient's lower respiratory tract specimens, in particular, to focus on the acquisition of lower respiratory tract specimens. According to the diagnostic needs of medical institutions, continuous samples tested at least three days in order to confirm the diagnosis. For the collection of specimens should be carried out rapid detection of influenza virus antigen and the H7N9 avian influenza virus nucleic acid double testing.

    Experts should intervene before diagnosis

    Due to the recent cases have found the characteristics of fast progress, in order to treat in a timely manner, the various medical institutions for patients with unexplained pneumonia have a clear history of exposure to poultry, without waiting for the test results are positive, can-line antiretroviral therapy. Or for pathogen detection, although negative, but clinical suspicion of cases, antiviral treatment should still and pay attention to timely and reasonable use of Chinese medicine. In addition, members of the Group within the hospital should immediately intervene to put forward or to improve the diagnosis and treatment guidance, if necessary, request the municipal group of experts involved in guiding treatment, without waiting for test results were positive.

    Patients positive for H7N9 test results, and each hospital to hospital promptly organized group of experts for consultation in a stable condition for referral of the Beijing Ditan Hospital or YouAn referral. Critically ill patients are not suitable for referral should be in place in the initial hospital treatment. Shall not stop to wait for a referral for treatment or prevarication by the patient.

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