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San Roque in the hospital there was no new suffering from influenza A
The first cold doubled the cases of bronchiolitis and pneumonia
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[6/24/2010 | 6:25] - Doctors recognize the "remarkable" increase in recent days, both internally to children up to 1 year.
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The cold came and with it its consequences. The San Roque maternal and child hospital records these days a high number of visits for respiratory illness, bronchiolitis and pneumonia among those leading the list.
She told Lucia Godoy, Epidemiology area, the data is increased significantly, but could not specify a number. He said demand in the hospital are cared for through the Guard and also a new special office opened the San Roque to assist with greater agility to small patients admitted with a respiratory symptom.
The particular office was put into operation from 1 June with the medical device that was implemented against the virus of influenza A (H1N1), repeating last year's experience. "On Tuesday admitted 39 patients in a day and of that number, six were hospitalized," Godoy said in accounting for the number of children that captures the special clinic. And he remembered that at this time is common to attend about 30 patients a day. He said the ages of the patients requiring hospitalization vary between one month and year. "They are very young, remain hospitalized for about seven days," he said.
For the cases of influenza A, said the two patients who were hospitalized days ago evolved favorably and are at home.
DEMAND MORE. Bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and bronchospasm are the most common diseases who receives the special office that tells the San Roque in the first days of June, but according to Godoy said, this week the data is doubled and came hand in hand with low temperatures .
The procedure involves a differentiated service. The patient who arrives at the hospital with a breathing problem goes directly to this office instead of going through the Guard. Here the focus is in charge daily. The service is held at night with professionals who are rotating. Each one has its own nurse and respiratory care for patients only. Meanwhile, other doctors Guard serving the rest of pathologies.
"If the mother enters the hospital and informs the symptoms of a respiratory problem receives special attention from quickly and in a special clinic enabled. They try to rescue the child with a respiratory problem is so severe that no interne. You are given the medication, instructions, instructs the mother to remember the warning signs to bring it quickly and if it can be sent home to control the health center.
In case of hospitalization, isolation is started before knowing with certainty what is the little patient. This means that every patient who comes in with isolated respiratory signs, take precautions in terms of distance between a bed and another, mask, gown, gloves for all, and this is true even when an analysis can give negative initially.
More common. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which is a major cause of bronchiolitis is the most common queries that arrive at San Roque in children under two years, and the consequences can be serious in premature babies.
Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that acute respiratory infections are the leading cause of disease in childhood. These infections are those that affect the lower airways, and are at higher risk putting the health of children.
RSV is spread through physical contact with an infected person or through contact with respiratory secretions such as saliva droplets expelled by sneezing or coughing.
There are general measures to prevent infection, such as washing hands before touching infants, not smoking in front of those small, breastfeed and avoid, where possible, contact with other children for symptoms of infection.
Other suggestions given by specialists to implement at home or in the kindergarten and infants are not using air fresheners, not sharing eating utensils among children and prevent the ball from hand to hand the baby. Also, wash hands, avoid overcrowding and the baby's contact with other children with colds.
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39 Is the number of patients who entered Tuesday with a respiratory illness. Six were hospitalized.
Source: (Radio Voice)