Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
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42 year old man dies of H1N1 influenza in Antofagasta
August 4, 2010 ? 19:19
ANTOFAGASTA .- The Seremi of Health confirmed that a 42 year old man died of H1N1 influenza in Antofagasta, becoming the first event of the year in the northern region of the country.
Through a statement, the regional health authority, Marcos Madrigal, said the patient had a diagnosis of extreme severity due to its preconditions. The death occurred this morning in a private care premises in the city.
Madrigal, pointed out that this death was in fact expected from the epidemiological point of view and statistical. This, despite the behavior of respiratory disease was rather mild in comparison with 2009.
He explained that the patient had underlying diseases, including type two diabetes was decompensated renal insufficiency and secondary. The latter, produced by the first, reported by El Mercurio de Antofagasta.
He added that these conditions complicate the clinical picture and that is why the Health Ministry, prioritized for the chronically ill in the process of vaccination against influenza A H1N1 this year. Unfortunately, in this case the patient had not been vaccinated despite the insistent call of the authority and the extension of the time of inoculation.
It should be noted that the patient for the first case of ARF associated with severe hospitalized H1N1 virus.
http://www.terra.cl/actualidad/index.cfm?id_cat=302&id_reg=1472527
42 year old man dies of H1N1 influenza in Antofagasta
August 4, 2010 ? 19:19
ANTOFAGASTA .- The Seremi of Health confirmed that a 42 year old man died of H1N1 influenza in Antofagasta, becoming the first event of the year in the northern region of the country.
Through a statement, the regional health authority, Marcos Madrigal, said the patient had a diagnosis of extreme severity due to its preconditions. The death occurred this morning in a private care premises in the city.
Madrigal, pointed out that this death was in fact expected from the epidemiological point of view and statistical. This, despite the behavior of respiratory disease was rather mild in comparison with 2009.
He explained that the patient had underlying diseases, including type two diabetes was decompensated renal insufficiency and secondary. The latter, produced by the first, reported by El Mercurio de Antofagasta.
He added that these conditions complicate the clinical picture and that is why the Health Ministry, prioritized for the chronically ill in the process of vaccination against influenza A H1N1 this year. Unfortunately, in this case the patient had not been vaccinated despite the insistent call of the authority and the extension of the time of inoculation.
It should be noted that the patient for the first case of ARF associated with severe hospitalized H1N1 virus.
http://www.terra.cl/actualidad/index.cfm?id_cat=302&id_reg=1472527