Fifth death in swine influenza

[Nordica]

Another person believed to have died of flu. A man in 60s in ?rebro County has died after a respiratory infection. It is the fifth case so far in the country which is linked to the flu.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Fifth death in swine influenza

Femte d?dsfallet i svininfluensa


PUBLICERAD 10 NOVEMBER 2009

Ytterligare en person tros ha d?tt av svininfluensan. En man i 60-?rs?ldern i ?rebro l?n har avlidit efter en luftv?gsinfektion. Det ?r det femte fallet hittills i landet som ?r kopplat till svininfluensan.

STOCKHOLM. Mannens influensa tros ha utl?st en hj?rtinfarkt, som blev den direkta d?dsorsaken. En test har visat att mannen, som inte tillh?rde n?gon medicinsk riskgrupp, bar p? influensaviruset A/H1N1.

L?get ?r fortsatt allvarligt men stabilt f?r den influensasjuke 14-?rige pojke som ?r neds?vd och v?rdas i respirator p? l?nssjukhuset i Kalmar. Det r?r sig med allra st?rsta sannolikhet om svininfluensa.

Dessutom v?rdas ytterligare en person, en kvinna i 40-?rs?ldern, i respirator p? Hudiksvalls sjukhus efter att ha smittats av svininfluensa. Tillst?ndet f?r kvinnan, som enligt sjukhuset tillh?r riskgrupperna och har sv?rt att syres?tta sig sj?lv, ?r allvarligt.

P? tisdagen anl?nde 500 000 nya vaccindoser till landstingen och mottagningar. Men det r?cker inte, efterfr?gan ?r l?ngt st?rre ?n tillg?ngen. M?nga landsting b?rjar nu vaccinera skolbarn och barn mellan tre och sex ?r. Sk?ne har redan gjort det en tid och nu ?r det Stockholms tur. Men det har samtidigt lett till att bara 18 av 190 v?rdcentraler i Stockholms l?n f?r vaccin denna vecka.

G?ran Stiernstedt, direkt?r p? Sveriges kommuner och landsting (SKL), anser det helt r?tt att prioritera barnen.

? Det ?r smart att vaccinera s? m?nga icke immuna individer som m?jligt, och de absolut minst immuna ?r barn. Alla tj?nar p? det eftersom barn ?r v?ldiga smittspridare, s?ger han.

P? tisdagen avsl?jades att Hammarbys bandylag g?tt f?re i vaccinationsk?n. Lagets l?kare tog svininfluensavaccin fr?n sitt arbete p? en vaccinmottagning och gav till spelarna. Henrik Almkvist anser att det strider mot landstingets direktiv och f?rd?mer agerandet.

I n?sta vecka levereras 600 000 vaccindoser och fr?n vecka 48 v?ntas leveranserna vara uppe i runt en miljon doser per vecka.


Fifth death from swine influenza


PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 10 2009

Another person believed to have died of flu. A man in 60s in ?rebro County has died after a respiratory infection. It is the fifth case so far in the country which is linked to the flu.

STOCKHOLM. Man flu is believed to have triggered a heart attack, which was the direct cause of death. A test has shown that the man, who did not belong to any medical division, carried the influenza A/H1N1 virus.

State remains serious but stable for the flu-sick 14-year-old boy who is fully anaesthetized and placed on a ventilator at the county hospital of Kalmar. These are the most likely of swine influenza.

In addition, further nurtured a person, a woman in their 40s, on a respirator in Hudiksvall hospital after being infected with swine flu. The state of the woman, who according to hospital belonging to risk groups and has been difficult to oxygenate itself, is serious.

On Tuesday arrived in 500 000 new doses of vaccine to county councils and receptions. But that is not enough, the demand far exceeds supply. Many counties are now starting to vaccinate school children and children between three and six years. Scania has already done it for some time and now it's Stockholm's turn. But it has also meant that only 18 of 190 health centers in Stockholm County may be vaccinated this week.

Goran Stiernstedt, Director of Local Authorities and Regions (SKL), considers it only right to give priority to the children.

- It is wise to vaccinate as many non-immune individuals as possible, and the absolute minimum of immune children. Everyone can benefit from it because the children are enormous vectors, "he says.

On Tuesday revealed that Hammarby's softball team completed before the vaccination queue. Team doctors took swine influenza vaccine from their work on a vaccine receipt and returned to the players. Henrik Almkvist believe it is contrary to the County Council's directive and condemn the behavior.

In the next week delivered 600 000 vaccine doses from week 48 and delivery is expected to be up in around one million doses per week.

http://sydsvenskan.se/sverige/article565615/Femte-dodsfallet-i-svininfluensa.html

thanks to Nordica

 

[Tonka]

Re: Fifth death in swine influenza

http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/nytt-dodsfall-i-svininfluensa-1.992026
Translation: Swedish ? English

New swine flu deaths
Released today. 17:15

A man born in 1947 in ?rnsk?ldsvik has died as a result of swine flu. The man belonged to a division, according to a press release from the County Council of V?sternorrland.

Six confirmed deaths from flu man in ?rnsk?ldsvik is the sixth confirmed death related to swine influenza A/H1N1. The others are:

Man in his 40s from the Uppsala region. Died on 28 August.
Man in 55-year-olds in V?ster?s. Died on 3 September.
Male, 48 years, from Orebro. Was found dead at his home on 31 October.
Man in his 50s in Tj?rn. Died on 2 November.
Man in 60s from ?rebro County. Was found dead at his home in early November.
Moreover, died a swine influenza infected three-year boy in Stockholm on October 31, but autopsy results have not yet given an answer to whether the child died as a result of the flu or any other reason.



The man died on Monday, having fallen ill with cough for a couple weeks ago. He came in to ?rnsk?ldsvik Hospital on Saturday night, and received care at the hospital's intensive care unit.

The man died from complications in the lungs. Which division of the deceased man belonged to the hospital would not tell.

- For the sake of the families we do not want to go out with it, "says Lars-Olov ?gren, head doctor at the hospital ?rnsk?ldsviks to TT.

The man had been before he was taken into the hospital Saturday night, received treatment with antibiotics for pneumonia. When he entered the intensive care unit he was using to breathe with so-called positive pressure breathing.

- He did not need ventilator, "says Lars-Olov ?gren.

The inflammation of the lungs that the man had was caused by a bacterial infection that developed as a result of his infection by the virus of swine influenza. The man was infected is not clear.

- You can not say, "says Lars-Olov ?gren.

So far, five patients with the swine flu treated in intensive care at ?rnsk?ldsvik Hospital.

At several schools around the country are up to half the students are sick of what is suspected to be swine flu.

- We are four who are healthy in my class, "says Melinda Carlsson 7a on Malmaskolan in Flen to Katrineholm Courier.

Half of the 120 pupils in classes 7-9 was sick on Tuesday.

- We have not had it confirmed, but one can suspect that it's flu, "says Reino Dahl, president of Malmaskolan to People magazine.

According Eskilstuna Courier disease reported more and more pupils in S?rmland every day. So far, absenteeism has tripled.

On K?lltorp School in Gothenburg was about half of the 450 pupils home early in the week.

- Rapid progress of the disease makes us suspect that the case of swine flu, "says headmaster Monika Steiner to the G?teborgs-Posten.

In Hudiksvall cared for a woman in their 40s on a respirator in Hudiksvall hospital after being infected by the flu. The woman belongs to a division, and her condition is serious, says SR V?sternorrland.

In Boras on Tuesday night, there were eight patients with influenza-posted on Southern ?lvsborgs hospital. Two were cared for on Tuesday evening in the intensive care where they were given artificial respiration, according to Bor?s Tidning.

On Wednesday morning was another two people with flu-posted at the hospital. Seven treated in infectious department and three are posted in intensive care.

In Kalmar cared for since last Monday a badly sick boy with a respirator.

The state of the 14-year-old known on Wednesday morning as stable, but serious. According to a press release from the county council in Kalmar County has a tendency to improvement recorded in the last day.

At Lund University Hospital cared for since the end of October, two flu-sick men, in 40 - and 50-year-olds. Both may help breathing by artificial lung, known as ECMO-treatment.

Men's license has been in just over a week described as life threatening but stable. On Tuesday announced the University Hospital of X-rays on two patients, suggesting some improvement, said TT.

During week 44 were cared for 51 patients hospitalized, including three on a respirator and in an artificial lung, according to figures from the Infectious Diseases Institute.

Sofia Lundgren
sofia.lundgren @ dn.se