Re: 4th A/H1N1 fatality reported in Costa Rica
Source:
http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2009/julio/07/pais2019407.html
Herediana of 45 years died Saturday
Flu AH1N1 takes fourth life in Costa Rica
Woman has a cough and then developed a severe pneumonia box
Health required hospitals to report daily to a patient suspected
Marcela Cantero |
mcantero@nacion.com
Published: 2009/07/07
A neighbor of Heredia became the fourth fatality in the country by infection with influenza AH1N1.
The death occurred last Saturday at the Hospital San Vicente de Paul, in Heredia, and the Ministry of Health confirmed yesterday that the woman was suffering from this type influenza.
"The patient was 45 years and joined three days before (Saturday) with pneumonia," said the deputy minister of Health, Ana Morice.
The official added that the woman had been subjected to a regime to lose weight.
"It could be that this weakened his body when he contracted the flu virus," he added.
This is the fourth death reported in the country of patients infected with influenza AH1N1.
The first case occurred on May 9, when a man died 53 years and the second on June 22, this time a woman of 35 years.
The third fatality occurred on Wednesday, June 29 with the death of a man of 53 years, who smoked from 13 years.
Then, health authorities reported the death of this neighbor of Heredia.
In most of these deaths had risk factors such as smoking and obesity in infected patients who later died.
Sensitive. To date, nine infected with influenza AH1N1 remain isolated in the hospitals San Juan de Dios (four cases), Calder?n Guardia (two), Carthage (two) and Quepos (a).
However, Morice reported that suspected cases reviewed other patients in medical centers.
Of the nine reported a pregnant woman remains critical in intensive care unit of San Juan de Dios.
Moreover, a man is sensitive in the Hospital Max Peralta, Cartago.
In the latter case their value even doctors perform surgery to remove a portion of the lung.
Surveillance in hospitals. With the increase of patients with the flu, Health hospitals request a detailed daily report of suspected cases of patients who are interned.
"This information will be used to alert the laboratory (incense) of the need for priority processing samples of these patients," said Morice.
He clarified that the medical centers begin antiviral treatment before knowing the results, however, seek to streamline the system to the opinion of the test.
So far the samples taken from patients in hospitals did row with the rest sent for analysis by other centers. To date, the country has 277 infected with the flu AH1N1.
