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  • China - Beijing pediatric outpatient flu visits up 81.44% over the same week in the previous year - December 29, 2017

    Children's respiratory system disease peak Beijing Hospital welcomes the peak

    December 29, 2017 09:45





    Recently, affected by factors such as climate and epidemic of virus, comprehensive second-mover and other factors, the out-patient pediatric emergency attendances generally increased.
    Beijing has now entered the high incidence of flu and other respiratory diseases season. The positive rate of influenza virus detection reached the peak level in previous years, and is still on the rise, but generally within the normal range of fluctuations.
    Ten o'clock in the morning, Beijing Children's Hospital infusion room has been packed with the treatment of children and their families, called on the display monitor infusion number has more than 200 people.
    Children's families: each time is six or seven hours to finish the disease. We also came three people, line up, registration and infusion, after reading all six or seven hours later.
    Family members of children: the first day we came out from home at four in the morning. Less than five points, because you want to test Well, pay what should be lined up, we lose liquid home, almost fifteen or sixteen hours a day out, anyway, especially exaggerated, go home all night seven or eight points.
    Recent influenza virus activity is on the rise

    Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control released an epidemic briefing yesterday, showing that the incidence of influenza in the previous week increased by 81.44% over the previous year, higher than the same period of last year.
    According to the monitoring results of Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the recent influenza virus activity is on the rise. Influenza B virus, influenza A H3N2 and influenza A H1N1 influenza virus co-epidemic, mainly influenza B virus. From December 18, 2017 to December 24, 2017, outpatient and outpatient visits of 144 secondary and above medical institutions in Beijing totaled 3.00%, an increase of nearly double the rate of the same period of last year. Since December, the number of reported cases of children in medical institutions has risen significantly. It is expected that the level of influenza virus activity in Beijing will continue to rise in the coming period, with children, the elderly and people with chronic diseases at high risk.

    However, some parents responded that the number of children who recently went to the hospital for medical treatment was extremely high. Even the emergency department number was about to wait for a few hours.
    In view of this situation, on the 27th, the Beijing Municipal Health Planning Commission announced the list of 147 secondary and higher-level hospitals that can provide pediatric services to facilitate timely medical treatment and more choices for their families.
    The State Health Planning Commission recently issued a circular calling on all localities to cut off the pediatric medical services for the high incidence of winter illnesses in children and to monitor the situation of pediatric outpatient and emergency services in a timely manner and allocate staff strength without any suspen- sion or refusal. Implementation of the medical treatment cost protection policy to ensure that no cost problems affect the emergency treatment of sick and wounded. At the same time, the State Health Planning Commission sent a steering group to check the implementation of the situation around.
    Rapid changes in children should promptly adjust the treatment
    This reporter has learned that starting from November,

    Beijing Children's Hospital Group members outpatient amounts have been increasing, of which,

    Henan Children's Hospital increased by 20%,

    Hebei Province Children's Hospital increased by 15.85%,

    affected by the prevalence of winter disease, enter the After December,

    the outpatient and emergency department of Beijing Children's Hospital continued to grow and reached its peak, an increase of about 15.8% over November.

    In general, the peak of winter treatment in children to last two or three months time, relatively concentrated, the hospital reminds you to go to the hospital with children with the treatment of parents, in addition to usually pay more attention to children's health, good prevention, But also in the incidence of children according to the disease, with the doctor timely adjustment and treatment.
    Experts said that if the child is diagnosed with only a common cold, parents should not worry. Any recovery of the disease should have a cycle. Repeatedly entering and leaving the hospital may also cause cross-infection in children.
    Zhao Chengsong, director of Out-Patient Clinic of Beijing Children's Hospital, National Children's Medical Center: Some children have a heavier burden than common cold. For example, pneumonia is relatively light and not the type of pneumonia that must be hospitalized. He will need to lose a few days of liquid. In this process, In fact, this is a pediatric characteristic. Because children are small and their condition changes rapidly, the state they may see today and yesterday may not be the same. For example, Then we will give him a most reasonable treatment plan according to the child's current status.

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    Flu into the high season, children with cold and fever Do not rush to the hospital

    2018-01-03 10:43 Source: Beijing Daily

    At present, the city is suffering from a period of high seasonal flu, Beijing Children's Hospital and Capital Institute of Pediatrics, two municipal children's hospital full of children, a large number of Pediatrics outpatient emergency volume also doubled. Beijing Health Commission yesterday announced the availability of 147 pediatric clinics can provide the list of hospitals, Children's Hospital is combing a "visit Raiders" to remind parents observe the re-doctor, reduce cross-infection, visit as far as possible to avoid night emergency.

    Get medical masks to avoid cross-infection

    "Our eldest two was only two months old, was infected by the boss to a cold, diagnosed as bacterial infection, but the child must be hospitalized for drug allergy infusion." Yesterday, Mr. Gao holding the child in Peking University First Hospital pediatric waiting for a full day, Inpatient department is always not add a bed. This reporter has learned that, in response to the peak of hospital treatment, Peking University Hospital pediatric inpatient doctors have squeezed into the two small beds, the ward of the 3 people also changed to 4 people, but still can not meet the needs of patients.

    The same situation also occurred in the Institute. In the corridor outside the respiratory ward full of small beds, full of parents and children. Beijing Children's Hospital, a rapid rise in outpatient and emergency services, the number of outpatient services have been broken million, front-line medical staff work overtime, even the shaft operations.

    "As long as parents can wait, we work overtime to the children must see the doctor, but now the hospital children too much, the phenomenon of cross-infection is very serious .In our consultation process found that many children repeatedly infected during treatment, and some even At the same time infected with several viruses. "In an interview, a pediatric outpatient doctor reluctantly said.

    To this end, Beijing Children's Hospital experts produced a special "Raiders" to remind parents, no matter what the child is caused by a cold fever, should first observe and seek medical advice. Children with body temperature over 38.5 degrees Celsius is recommended to take anti-fever drugs; such as children with high body temperature, but the mental state is not bad, looking normal or flushing, medication fever is still playing like usual, indicating that the condition is not heavy, symptomatic medication and close observation, If the child is abnormal, the mental state is not good, drowsiness, irritability alternating, or even neurological symptoms, such as convulsions, etc., suggesting that seriously ill, should seek medical treatment as soon as possible. Another note is that cold fever also needs a healing process, it is difficult to immediately "medicine to get rid of", usually three days after the first visit to the child is still hot or new symptoms or the original symptoms were significantly increased, they need to go to the hospital again.

    In addition, experts advise parents to remember to wear masks to their children when they seek medical treatment and avoid cross-infection. If the child's mental status is acceptable, parents are suggested to try their best during the day to avoid the relatively tight night-time emergency department.

    147 hospitals can be admitted to children with fever

    In view of the actual situation of pediatric emergency outpatient hospital blowout in Beijing's tertiary hospitals, the Beijing Municipal Health Planning Commission compiled a list of secondary and above hospitals that can provide pediatric medical services, published in the official WeChat, so that when parents with children to see a doctor More choices.

    The reporter saw that this list contains 147 second-class or more medical institutions covering 16 districts of the municipality. Apart from the top three hospitals known to all of you on weekdays, many second-level hospitals that have pediatric admissions capacity include: Dongcheng District First People's Hospital, Xicheng District Exhibition Road Hospital, Huairou Hospital and other secondary hospitals. There are also many private hospitals in the United States and China Women and Children Hospital, United Family Hospital, Iowa Women and Children Hospital.

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    Editor: Cao Zhen

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