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  • China - Early peak in flu season blamed for surge in children outpatient visits in Shenzhen, Guangdong province

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    The children tumbled, waiting 4-5 hours
    2012 03 22 7:47

     Children's hospital ahead of the peak.

      Erratic weather patterns, caused by the proliferation of fever in children, Children's Hospital in advance to usher in the outpatient peak
      Shenzhen News Net News recently to Children's Hospital for treatment, emergency or medical clinic, generally have to wait for 4-5 hours! Reporters learned yesterday from the Municipal Children's Hospital, the hospital in advance to usher in the treatment peak due to a fever and upper respiratory tract infection in children surges. City, the CDC said flu cases in the city has increased, but not exceeding the warning value, to remind the public to avoid going to crowded, poorly ventilated public places.
      Parents of children a high fever all night to keep emergency
      4:30 yesterday afternoon, Mr. Zhao and sitting in the emergency room with fever daughter look tired. Ms Zhao told reporters that the daughter of continuous fever for three days, up to 39 ℃, referral to Children's Hospital last night from Long Hua Jianan hospital. But the hospital has no beds, nor even the observation room beds, and the couple had to take the kids "cat" in the emergency room the night.
      The reporter saw in the hospital, emergency room, infusion room, medical clinic, overcrowded, hot air mixed with the sound of children crying. Parents holding the baby fell asleep in the waiting seats; parents afraid of cross-infection in children with the children to the outdoors or even car transfusion.
      Outpatient and emergency department waiting 4-5 hours
      "In previous years, 6 ~ 8 month is door emergency peak period, this year in advance to March the deputy director of the City Children's Hospital outpatient office Reid hair told reporters: the day the afternoon of 3 point, out-patient has to reach a 5100 people,

    the hospital to start the emergency plan, from inpatient department and leave the doctors transferred two doctors and 20 outpatient medical doctors all overtime, adhere to 7:30 pm, only the basic guarantee for the night shift outpatient doctor reading the rest of the patients. Out-patient capacity of 5629 people that day, setting Jianyuanyilai highest single-day outpatient record, not including 659 children with disdain Bingtui.

      Reid issued the first 20 days of March this year, hospital out-patient capacity of more than 94,800 people, the daily average of 4744 people, 16 percent growth over 4076 people in March last year, an increase of 700 children, hospital out-patient waiting time has been reached 4-5 hours. The emergency department is more tension, the average daily fluid volume up to 1300 people, a duty nurse up to fight more than 300-pin.
      Weather changes caused by fever in children with surge
      Why the peak period of the hospital this year will be ahead of the arrival? Emergency department director Dan believes that may be associated with hot and cold weather, humid, muggy and other factors. The end of February, bronchitis, pneumonia, high fever in children, especially children with upper respiratory tract infection accounted for more than 90% of the amount of emergency. According to the hospital outpatient and emergency department the amount of statistics, colds, fever, cough, pneumonia, high fever and other upper respiratory tract infection to reach 3,000 people. Children with serious condition, doctors more careful examination and treatment, so a longer waiting time.
      The medical staff to cancel leave posts
      The reporter learned that, in response to the early arrival of the peak, the hospital requires all health care workers to cancel the vacation, the mobilization of health care workers, party members and the rest of the doctors in the hospital administrative staff to join the "amateur outpatient overtime. At present, the ward daily support two doctors in outpatient triage units to increase the conductivity attending nurse to maintain order. So that children receive timely treatment, many outpatient and emergency doctors, nurses, sick appointment, the emergency department to pay Dan eating antihypertensive drugs side to see a doctor.
      
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      City CDC responded by saying that the city began in March, the flu season. The elderly, children and other Vulnerable populations vulnerable to influenza infection complicated by viral pneumonia. The event of a flu-like symptoms such as fever, sore throat, due early regular hospital. In addition, influenza vaccination is an effective measure to prevent influenza. (Jing Bao reporter Luo Qiufang intern the Fang correspondent Zhongwei Mei / Wen Gao Lei / Chart)

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    Re: China - Early peak in flu season blamed for surge in children outpatient visits in Shenzhen, Guangdong province

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    Pediatric patients for treatment peak ahead of immediate concern
    March 22, 2012 08:14 Southern Metropolis Daily
      

      "Since February, the children the number has been rising, out-patient department, deputy director of Shenzhen Children's Hospital yesterday, Li Defa revealed that the children's treatment in patients with peak ahead of the arrival of 5625 people, only the last Saturday of outpatient Since the establishment of the highest value . Shenzhen, the major hospitals in the pediatric clinic encounter children with blowout hospitals worried about this year's mid-term disease high season, the hospital may be overwhelmed.

      "Our treatment time from the usual two hours, was extended to five hours, the patient was anxious, and we are helpless, Shenzhen Children's Hospital out-patient department, deputy director Li Defa said, because the treatment in children with too many hospitals had to extend the waiting time of patients, since February this year, the treatment the amount of sustained growth abnormalities. The usual situation, the peak of March is not a doctor, in previous years, the average outpatient hovering around 4,000 people a day this month, the daily number of patients who continued about 5,000 passengers, and "high fever" last Saturday outpatients to achieve 5625 visitors Since the establishment of the highest value.

      According to the Statistics Branch data of Shenzhen Children's Hospital last Saturday, revocation of registration of children have 1,000 people, that is in fact over 6600 people to the hospital for treatment of children. Major department has extended to 19:30, to work, but still can not cope with such a large patient population. As early as last week, the children's hospital ward beds have all resided, there are still a large number of children can not hospitalized, the situation is very tense. Southern Reporter bedspace at the observation room in the hospital to see critically ill children for nearly one hundred waiting for the bed from the day before yesterday.

      Hospital emergency department director Dan revealed that March,the situation is indeed abnormal than in previous years, a sudden blowout First, patients in the non-seasonal peaks, the second is a serious increase in respiratory diseases. According to the statistics of the Children's Hospital, the major increase in patients with respiratory tract infections, the number of children hospitalized due to pneumonia very light yesterday, one day, Children's Hospital treated 20 children with pneumonia, including infants less than half or six months. The emergency department is only 19 doctors, and the amount of emergency almost 700 people, it is bloated. It is reported that patients entering the emergency room, unless the situation is critical, otherwise have to wait for about five hours as disease. Pay Dan the real disease the peak period has not yet come, in accordance with this trend, it is difficult to think of May and June, the hospital can not answers for everything ". Hospital emergency room head nurse Liu Furong revealed that, as long as patients in emergency situations, hospitals are trying to persuade them to go elsewhere for treatment.

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