Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

J Pub Health Res. Sudden and fulminant deaths of healthy children in Italy during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons: results of an online study

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • J Pub Health Res. Sudden and fulminant deaths of healthy children in Italy during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons: results of an online study



    [Source: Journal of Public Health Research, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
    Sudden and fulminant deaths of healthy children in Italy during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons: results of an online study
    Stefano Prandoni

    Published: 2012-07-31 15:11:31 | DOI: 10.4081/jphr.2012.e29 - Search for citations in Google Scholar - Related articles: Google Scholar


    Abstract

    The 2009 pandemic in Italy has been viewed as a false alarm, and it has not been properly understood based on historical precedents and more in-depth studies that have been conducted in other countries. Some of these studies have pointed to a phenomenon of sudden and fulminant death among healthy children, which is not the sole prerogative of pandemic influenza, but was, in 2009, a more frequent occurrence than in previous years. The purpose of this study is to gather such cases occurring during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. Google Search was used in order to find cases of children and teens with no reported preexisting conditions of relevance and who died suddenly and unexpectedly after exhibiting flu-like symptoms during the two seasons. During the 2010-11 season, 29 deaths were found to meet the above conditions, 18 of which were fulminant and 11 sudden. For the 2011-12 season, there were ten such cases: five fulminant and five sudden. Most of these cases occurred during the period of maximum circulation of the flu virus. Fulminant deaths were three times more frequent during the first of these seasons and involved children of a higher average age than the more recent season. It is not possible to come to any definite conclusions, but there is reason to suspect that the driver of this significant increase may be the A(H1N1)pdm09 virus. Regardless of how one wishes to interpret these results, it is advisable that the surveillance systems be strengthened and more recent study techniques be adopted in order to determine the causes of similar deaths in the future.


    Keywords

    children, A(H1N1)pdm09 subtype, influenza, sudden death, fulminant death, myocarditis


    The Journal of Public Health Research [eISSN 2279-9036] is an Open Access, peer-reviewed journal published by PAGEPress, Pavia, Italy. All credits and honors to PKP for their OJS.
    -
    ------

  • #2
    Re: J Pub Health Res. Sudden and fulminant deaths of healthy children in Italy during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons: results of an online study

    It is worth to note that 'Stefano Prandoni' is the real name of our contributor 'Tetano'.

    The paper is the result of his studies and data collection through FluTrackers as well as other web resources.

    Comment


    • #3
      Re: J Pub Health Res. Sudden and fulminant deaths of healthy children in Italy during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons: results of an online study

      I inform you that the article has been published in its final version

      Comment


      • #4
        Re: J Pub Health Res. Sudden and fulminant deaths of healthy children in Italy during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons: results of an online study

        Originally posted by tetano View Post
        I inform you that the article has been published in its final version
        Congratulations!

        snip

        "Fulminant deaths were three times more frequent during 2010-11 season and involved children of a higher average age than the more recent season. It is not possible to come to any definite conclusions, but there is reason to suspect that the driver of this significant increase may be the A(H1N1)pdm09 virus. Regardless of how reading these results, it is advisable that the Surveillance systems be strengthened and more recent study techniques be adopted in order to determine the causes of similar deaths in the future."

        Comment


        • #5
          Re: J Pub Health Res. Sudden and fulminant deaths of healthy children in Italy during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons: results of an online study

          My article is published on Pubmed

          Comment


          • #6
            Re: J Pub Health Res. Sudden and fulminant deaths of healthy children in Italy during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons: results of an online study

            Congratulations!

            Comment

            Working...
            X