Colorado: Severe respiratory illness reported in children- likely EV-68

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Source: http://kwgn.com/2014/09/05/severe-respiratory-virus-impacting-hundreds-of-kids-reaches-colorado/

Severe respiratory virus impacting hundreds of kids reaches Colorado
Posted 1:01 pm, September 5, 2014, by Will C. Holden

DENVER ? A potentially severe virus that has plagued hundred of children across a 900-mile stretch in the Midwest in recent weeks has made its way to Colorado.

The severe respiratory illness, which in some cases, is believed to have been brought on by human enterovirus-68, an uncommon respiratory viral pathogen, is impacting mostly children, including several in Colorado.

Angie Anania, a spokesperson for Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children in Denver, said five different children have been checked into their hospital because of this virus this week alone.

One 13-year-old was discovered unconscious and barely breathing on Wednesday. He was placed on a ventilator and has slowly improved, Anania said, but he was still in the hospital?s intensive care unit as of Friday.

In addition to the five severe cases, Anania said the hospital has seen a large number of less severe, but related cases in their inpatient unit...

 

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Source: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2...ospitals-see-spike-severe-respiratory-illness

Colorado children's hospitals see spike in severe respiratory illness
By Electa Draper
The Denver Post
Posted: 09/05/2014 02:55:00 PM MDT | Updated: about 2 hours ago

Children's hospitals in Denver are experiencing an alarming spike in a severe respiratory illness, especially among very young children and those with asthma, that may be caused by an uncommon viral pathogen.

Officials at Children's Hospital of Colorado said they have seen an estimated 250 children a day since Wednesday with severe respiratory symptoms.

"We've been seeing a very high volume in our ER, ICU and among hospitalized patients. The hospital is very, very full," said Dr. Christine Nyquist, a pediatric infectious disease physician. "Kids are getting (the virus) and having asthma complications."

The suspected virus is human enterovirus 68, a rare virus associated with respiratory illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control...

 

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Source: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...respiratory-illness-striking-children09052014


Mystery respiratory illness striking children; Denver metro hospitals on alert
Symptoms start out like common cold, turn severe
Marc Stewart
4:02 PM, Sep 5, 2014
4 mins ago

...At Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, physicians report about 10 of the 20 beds in their pediatric intensive care unit are young people battling the virus.

Officials at Children's Hospital Colorado say they are also experience a surge in patients fighting the same virus -- up to 250 children a day since Wednesday...

 

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Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/respiratory-virus-sickening-children-colorado/story?id=25317407

Respiratory Virus Sickening Children in Colorado
Sep 6, 2014, 6:29 PM ET
By GILLIAN MOHNEY
via Good Morning America

... At Children's Hospital Colorado in Denver, officials say that between Aug. 18 and Sept. 4, doctors saw more than 900 pediatric patients with symptoms of the respiratory virus in the emergency room. Of those who came in, 86 were admitted into the hospital and a handful ended up in the intensive care unit.

Dr. Christine Nyquist, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital Colorado, said the virus usually ends up appearing similar to a severe cold but can be particularly dangerous for children with asthma because of how it affects the respiratory system...

...At Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, Dr. Raju Meyappan, a pediatric critical care physician, said he's seen at multiple children end up in the pediatric intensive care unit after being infected with the virus and that children under the age of 5 or those with asthma appear to be most at risk...

 

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Re: Colorado: Severe respiratory illness reported in children- likely EV-68

Source: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...e-cases-of-enterovirus-68-than-normal09092014


Enterovirus 68 continues to spread in Denver metro; some hospitals seeing 7X more cases
Respiratory illness primarily striking kids
Marc Stewart
7:18 PM, Sep 9, 2014
40 mins ago

...Over the weekend, Children's Hospital of Aurora reported 447 respiratory visits to its emergency departments, with 39 hospitalized. On Monday alone, its emergency departments saw 199 respiratory visits with 17 hospitalized.

At Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, doctors are seeing about seven times the number of respiratory cases than normal for this time of year, said spokeswoman Angie Anania.

"We've been in touch with all of our hospitals. We're asking them do you have concerns for staffing, do you have concerns for supplies," said Denver County Health Department planner Karri Hobaica.

As hospitals deal with the strain, doctors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention face the challenge of trying to figure what the virus will do next...

 

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Source: http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/2c3935a373e8471184423ea0fb902d0e/CO--Childrens-Virus-Colorado

49 children hospitalized in Colorado Springs for severe respiratory ailment
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: September 16, 2014 - 9:15 am
Last Updated: September 16, 2014 - 9:17 am


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado ? Health officials say 49 children suffering from respiratory illnesses were hospitalized last week at a Children's Hospital Colorado facility in Colorado Springs.

The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Tuesday (http://tinyurl.com/kb9btxa ) 13 of those children were placed in the intensive care unit...

 

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Source: http://www.cpr.org/news/story/child-paralysis-infections-appear-be-winding-down-colo


Child paralysis infections appear to be winding down in Colo.
John Daley By John Daley Oct 30, 2014

An illness that has afflicted more than a dozen children with some paralysis is subsiding in Colorado, doctors say. The illness, called Acute Flaccid Myelitis, is an infection that can cause children to have weakness in limbs or facial muscles.

Since Aug. 1, doctors identified 14 children infected in Colorado. But they haven?t seen any new cases in the last two weeks...

...Eleven have returned to home and school, but only one is now symptom-free, she added.

?In most of those cases, they haven?t yet returned to have full strength in whatever limb has been involved," says Schreiner. "So, they?re functioning, but with a weak arm or a weak leg or in some cases a weak face.?...