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33-year-old with swine flu dies in Aachen
By Claudia Schweda 10.11.2009, 18:30
Aachen. A 33-year-old woman infected with the swine flu in the city region has died in the early hours of Tuesday in the University Hospital of Aachen. She had only a few hours previously given birth to a child in another hospital in the city region.
The baby is alive, "said a spokesman for the city region of Aachen at the request of our newspaper. The woman was last week in the 7th month of pregnancy with flu symptoms to an emergency physician, shared with the University Hospital and the health of the city region. Since her general condition deteriorated, she was hospitalized. There they took on Monday morning, the child is born.
After birth, had the state of those infected with the H1N1 virus wife deteriorated considerably. To 18 clock she was taken to University Hospital. But there it had come at 0.59 clock in the night "despite exhausting all the critical care facilities - including treatment with the artificial lung" to the lungs and circulatory failure.
Whether it is the H1N1 virus responsible for the death, according to the health department is still open. Because of patient confidentiality have been medical history, the woman made no further details. In the cities of the region were reported Tuesday to 324 cases of swine flu. 60 of them over the weekend.
The 33-year-old is the 14 Death in Germany in connection with the swine flu. In nine of the Robert Koch are Institute (RKI), medical history and risk factors of deaths for a severe course of viral disease known. A pregnancy is considered such a risk factor.
The RKI advises pregnant women prior to vaccination with the currently available vaccine Wirkverstärkern to a careful individual risk-benefit analysis. The Permanent Vaccination Commission recommends vaccination with a vaccine without Wirkverstärkern.
On Wednesday will be discussed on a "Impfgipfel" from federal and state governments in Berlin on how to proceed against swine flu. The shortage of vaccine is also true NRW. After desGesundheitsministers information of the country, Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU), will arrive in the coming week instead of 280,000 doses of vaccine will probably only 140,000 with the competent authorities.
http://www.an-online.de/news/topnac...-Jaehrige-mit-Schweinegrippe-stirbt-in-Aachen
By Claudia Schweda 10.11.2009, 18:30
Aachen. A 33-year-old woman infected with the swine flu in the city region has died in the early hours of Tuesday in the University Hospital of Aachen. She had only a few hours previously given birth to a child in another hospital in the city region.
The baby is alive, "said a spokesman for the city region of Aachen at the request of our newspaper. The woman was last week in the 7th month of pregnancy with flu symptoms to an emergency physician, shared with the University Hospital and the health of the city region. Since her general condition deteriorated, she was hospitalized. There they took on Monday morning, the child is born.
After birth, had the state of those infected with the H1N1 virus wife deteriorated considerably. To 18 clock she was taken to University Hospital. But there it had come at 0.59 clock in the night "despite exhausting all the critical care facilities - including treatment with the artificial lung" to the lungs and circulatory failure.
Whether it is the H1N1 virus responsible for the death, according to the health department is still open. Because of patient confidentiality have been medical history, the woman made no further details. In the cities of the region were reported Tuesday to 324 cases of swine flu. 60 of them over the weekend.
The 33-year-old is the 14 Death in Germany in connection with the swine flu. In nine of the Robert Koch are Institute (RKI), medical history and risk factors of deaths for a severe course of viral disease known. A pregnancy is considered such a risk factor.
The RKI advises pregnant women prior to vaccination with the currently available vaccine Wirkverstärkern to a careful individual risk-benefit analysis. The Permanent Vaccination Commission recommends vaccination with a vaccine without Wirkverstärkern.
On Wednesday will be discussed on a "Impfgipfel" from federal and state governments in Berlin on how to proceed against swine flu. The shortage of vaccine is also true NRW. After desGesundheitsministers information of the country, Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU), will arrive in the coming week instead of 280,000 doses of vaccine will probably only 140,000 with the competent authorities.
http://www.an-online.de/news/topnac...-Jaehrige-mit-Schweinegrippe-stirbt-in-Aachen
