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The chosen one is locked! 100% bed occupancy in pediatric wards with multiple viruses
08:49 2023/05/20
In recent days, the epidemic has resurged, and many people who have never been diagnosed have died one after another. Xie Zongxue, director of the Children's Emergency Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen Medical University, said, "There is no one who is chosen, but the time has not yet come." He said that in addition to new coronary pneumonia, influenza is also It is very rampant, and other enteroviruses, adenoviruses, human interstitial pneumonia viruses, etc. have also emerged in endlessly. The emergency department of children is overcrowded, and the pediatric ward, which occupies 100% of the beds every day, has long been overwhelmed.
Xie Zongxue pointed out in a Facebook post that the number of patients suffering from new coronary pneumonia in the pediatric emergency room has risen rapidly in the past week. Most of them are children under the age of 3 who have not yet attended kindergarten. Infected with new coronary pneumonia; "This wave of epidemics is basically picking out the "chosen people" who have done a good job of protecting themselves in the past three years, and sweeping away groups that have not been naturally infected."
In addition to the new crown pneumonia, Xie Zongxue said that influenza is also rampant, most of which are type A influenza, and sporadic type B influenza is gradually appearing; others such as enterovirus, adenovirus, human metapneumonia virus, parainfluenza virus, rhinovirus The common feature of these viruses is that children will have a high fever, leading to overcrowding of children's emergency departments; the general pediatric ward with a bed rate of 100% every day has long been overwhelmed. Other wards.
Xie Zongxue bluntly stated that as long as the number of children with infectious diseases increases, the number of severe cases that may be complicated by infection will increase simultaneously, and serious complications such as myocarditis, encephalitis, and sepsis will increase, which is quite a challenge for children in Taiwan. When no hospital beds are available, the final destination of patients can only be the observation area of the children's emergency room, and the children's emergency room becomes the only line of defense when the epidemic prevention is unblocked and various viruses are rampant."
source: zhttps://www.chinatimes.com/cn/realtimenews/20230520000964-260405?chdtv
08:49 2023/05/20
In recent days, the epidemic has resurged, and many people who have never been diagnosed have died one after another. Xie Zongxue, director of the Children's Emergency Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen Medical University, said, "There is no one who is chosen, but the time has not yet come." He said that in addition to new coronary pneumonia, influenza is also It is very rampant, and other enteroviruses, adenoviruses, human interstitial pneumonia viruses, etc. have also emerged in endlessly. The emergency department of children is overcrowded, and the pediatric ward, which occupies 100% of the beds every day, has long been overwhelmed.
Xie Zongxue pointed out in a Facebook post that the number of patients suffering from new coronary pneumonia in the pediatric emergency room has risen rapidly in the past week. Most of them are children under the age of 3 who have not yet attended kindergarten. Infected with new coronary pneumonia; "This wave of epidemics is basically picking out the "chosen people" who have done a good job of protecting themselves in the past three years, and sweeping away groups that have not been naturally infected."
In addition to the new crown pneumonia, Xie Zongxue said that influenza is also rampant, most of which are type A influenza, and sporadic type B influenza is gradually appearing; others such as enterovirus, adenovirus, human metapneumonia virus, parainfluenza virus, rhinovirus The common feature of these viruses is that children will have a high fever, leading to overcrowding of children's emergency departments; the general pediatric ward with a bed rate of 100% every day has long been overwhelmed. Other wards.
Xie Zongxue bluntly stated that as long as the number of children with infectious diseases increases, the number of severe cases that may be complicated by infection will increase simultaneously, and serious complications such as myocarditis, encephalitis, and sepsis will increase, which is quite a challenge for children in Taiwan. When no hospital beds are available, the final destination of patients can only be the observation area of the children's emergency room, and the children's emergency room becomes the only line of defense when the epidemic prevention is unblocked and various viruses are rampant."
source: zhttps://www.chinatimes.com/cn/realtimenews/20230520000964-260405?chdtv