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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Trop Pediatr. 2010 Jun 16. [Epub ahead of print]
A Clinical Study of Hospitalized H1N1 Infected Children in Western Rajasthan.
Gupta BD, Purohit A.
Department of Pediatrics, Umaid Hospital for Women and Children, Regional Institute for Maternal & Child Health, Dr S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Abstract
Objective: To study the cases of H1N1 influenza admitted in our hospital. Method: Hospital records of all the admitted patients diagnosed as H1N1 positive by throat swab rt-PCR (real time polymerase chain reaction) were retrospectively studied. Results: Between November 2009 and February 2010 total 62 children were hospitalized with 2009 H1N1 influenza virus infection. Of the admitted children, 19 (30.6%) were admitted in ICU and 4 (6.4%) expired. Consolidation was observed in 25 (40%) cases while 4 (6%) patients had pleural effusion and 1 patient each developed pneumothorax and pulmonary edema. Conclusions: Pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza caused serious respiratory complications in children not usually seen with seasonal influenza.
PMID: 20554513 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20554513
A Clinical Study of Hospitalized H1N1 Infected Children in Western Rajasthan.
Gupta BD, Purohit A.
Department of Pediatrics, Umaid Hospital for Women and Children, Regional Institute for Maternal & Child Health, Dr S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Abstract
Objective: To study the cases of H1N1 influenza admitted in our hospital. Method: Hospital records of all the admitted patients diagnosed as H1N1 positive by throat swab rt-PCR (real time polymerase chain reaction) were retrospectively studied. Results: Between November 2009 and February 2010 total 62 children were hospitalized with 2009 H1N1 influenza virus infection. Of the admitted children, 19 (30.6%) were admitted in ICU and 4 (6.4%) expired. Consolidation was observed in 25 (40%) cases while 4 (6%) patients had pleural effusion and 1 patient each developed pneumothorax and pulmonary edema. Conclusions: Pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza caused serious respiratory complications in children not usually seen with seasonal influenza.
PMID: 20554513 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20554513