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22 SEPTEMBER 2009
New registry providing vital flu information
Media relase from Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
A new registry of data on H1N1 influenza that will provide vital information to hospitals overseas as they head into their winter flu seasons has been established in New Zealand and Australia.
The registry is detailed in an article by Dr Ian Seppelt in the September edition of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists? quarterly publication, the ANZCA Bulletin, which is out this week.
The Bulletin, with a circulation of 8000, is the leading publication for anaesthetists and specialists in pain and intensive care medicine in Australia and New Zealand.
The data on the registry, that contains the details of almost every patient who has required intensive care treatment for H1N1 influenza (formerly known as Swine Flu) since June 1, is being analysed now.
?We should be very proud of this,? Dr Seppelt writes. ?There is nowhere else in the world that has such intensive care data for entire populations ? and it is a credit to all contributors who provided the data on short notice and minimal funding.?
Dr Seppelt, a member of the ANZIC Influenza Investigators who works at Nepean Hospital in NSW, Australia, says the registry will continue at least until 2010 and will be important as the H1N1 vaccine is distributed.
?We will be able to track both uptake and effectiveness based on the number of new cases going in to winter 2010.?
The Influenza A/H1N1 pandemic accounted for about 25% of intensive care bed occupancy at its peak in July. As testing of patients in the community ceased and efforts to quarantine were abandoned, the nations? intensive care units became the only indicator of both the spread and response to the disease.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news?article=01b31ca9-4cba-4b76-888b-67a173d85656
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New registry providing vital flu information
Media relase from Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
A new registry of data on H1N1 influenza that will provide vital information to hospitals overseas as they head into their winter flu seasons has been established in New Zealand and Australia.
The registry is detailed in an article by Dr Ian Seppelt in the September edition of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists? quarterly publication, the ANZCA Bulletin, which is out this week.
The Bulletin, with a circulation of 8000, is the leading publication for anaesthetists and specialists in pain and intensive care medicine in Australia and New Zealand.
The data on the registry, that contains the details of almost every patient who has required intensive care treatment for H1N1 influenza (formerly known as Swine Flu) since June 1, is being analysed now.
?We should be very proud of this,? Dr Seppelt writes. ?There is nowhere else in the world that has such intensive care data for entire populations ? and it is a credit to all contributors who provided the data on short notice and minimal funding.?
Dr Seppelt, a member of the ANZIC Influenza Investigators who works at Nepean Hospital in NSW, Australia, says the registry will continue at least until 2010 and will be important as the H1N1 vaccine is distributed.
?We will be able to track both uptake and effectiveness based on the number of new cases going in to winter 2010.?
The Influenza A/H1N1 pandemic accounted for about 25% of intensive care bed occupancy at its peak in July. As testing of patients in the community ceased and efforts to quarantine were abandoned, the nations? intensive care units became the only indicator of both the spread and response to the disease.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news?article=01b31ca9-4cba-4b76-888b-67a173d85656
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