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Conde General Hospital to rescue A positive flow of critically ill patients
2009-10-11 17:48:00
Source: Health Bureau
Macau since June the first confirmed influenza A H1N1 influenza occurred, there have been as many as 360 people to live in an isolation ward in hospital. The youngest of them 72-day-old baby, the oldest 80-year-old elderly. After Conde hospital care of all the medical and nursing staff, most of the patients had been cured and discharged. At present, only nine were still in hospital.
Conde General Hospital, said Dr. Zhang Dehong, director of the lung had been admitted to an isolation ward, and a lot of the more serious patients, which confirmed that patients suffering from pneumonia and 13 people. Other more serious in hospital patients, including patients with high-risk factors, such as pregnant women, infants, people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, respiratory failure, heart failure, kidney failure and dialysis, diabetes, cerebral hypoplasia, cerebral palsy , liver cirrhosis, cancer tumor patients after chemotherapy or radiotherapy, etc.. Among them, a more serious situation of children four years old, hospitalized from time to time large bilateral pulmonary inflammation, respiratory failure and hypoxia, the need for emergency tracheal intubation and ventilator-assisted breathing, and for a time be admitted to the intensive care unit; by the pediatrician the full rescue, got better after about five days may be from the ventilator. Another 16-year-old girl was rushed to hospital sustained high fever, coughing, difficulty breathing, severe shortness of breath, hypoxia and bilateral severe pneumonia and so on, need high flow oxygen inhalation. With doctors from Hong Kong to discuss and develop treatment programs, the girl to control disease in the hospital 17 days later discharged.
Hospitals in the treatment of Influenza A H1N1 influenza, the majority of the use of effective anti-viral drug Tamiflu to treat and, as conditions were required to use two kinds of anti-influenza drugs (Tamiflu and Relenza) in the treatment, while use of symptomatic treatment. As the treatment is good, disease is generally under control, the condition improved or cured and discharged.
Influenza A H1N1 influenza outbreak in early stage health care workers encounter many difficulties. In addition to influenza, infectious, disease processes at all levels of information and experience was limited, the public is not very understanding of the disease, health care workers need to patiently explain and reassure the patient. Flu-like symptoms and sustained a large number of people admitted to hospital for treatment, physical and mental health care workers are under even greater pressure. The entire health care regardless of fatigue, day and night shifts, the full patient care.
Dr Cheung said that the face of the threat of new influenza, the public can not relax, should always remain on high alert, continuing to maintain personal hygiene, pay close attention to health bureau's disease prevention messages and appeal to patients with flu-like symptoms seek medical advice as soon as possible.
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2009-10-11 17:48:00
Source: Health Bureau
Macau since June the first confirmed influenza A H1N1 influenza occurred, there have been as many as 360 people to live in an isolation ward in hospital. The youngest of them 72-day-old baby, the oldest 80-year-old elderly. After Conde hospital care of all the medical and nursing staff, most of the patients had been cured and discharged. At present, only nine were still in hospital.
Conde General Hospital, said Dr. Zhang Dehong, director of the lung had been admitted to an isolation ward, and a lot of the more serious patients, which confirmed that patients suffering from pneumonia and 13 people. Other more serious in hospital patients, including patients with high-risk factors, such as pregnant women, infants, people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, respiratory failure, heart failure, kidney failure and dialysis, diabetes, cerebral hypoplasia, cerebral palsy , liver cirrhosis, cancer tumor patients after chemotherapy or radiotherapy, etc.. Among them, a more serious situation of children four years old, hospitalized from time to time large bilateral pulmonary inflammation, respiratory failure and hypoxia, the need for emergency tracheal intubation and ventilator-assisted breathing, and for a time be admitted to the intensive care unit; by the pediatrician the full rescue, got better after about five days may be from the ventilator. Another 16-year-old girl was rushed to hospital sustained high fever, coughing, difficulty breathing, severe shortness of breath, hypoxia and bilateral severe pneumonia and so on, need high flow oxygen inhalation. With doctors from Hong Kong to discuss and develop treatment programs, the girl to control disease in the hospital 17 days later discharged.
Hospitals in the treatment of Influenza A H1N1 influenza, the majority of the use of effective anti-viral drug Tamiflu to treat and, as conditions were required to use two kinds of anti-influenza drugs (Tamiflu and Relenza) in the treatment, while use of symptomatic treatment. As the treatment is good, disease is generally under control, the condition improved or cured and discharged.
Influenza A H1N1 influenza outbreak in early stage health care workers encounter many difficulties. In addition to influenza, infectious, disease processes at all levels of information and experience was limited, the public is not very understanding of the disease, health care workers need to patiently explain and reassure the patient. Flu-like symptoms and sustained a large number of people admitted to hospital for treatment, physical and mental health care workers are under even greater pressure. The entire health care regardless of fatigue, day and night shifts, the full patient care.
Dr Cheung said that the face of the threat of new influenza, the public can not relax, should always remain on high alert, continuing to maintain personal hygiene, pay close attention to health bureau's disease prevention messages and appeal to patients with flu-like symptoms seek medical advice as soon as possible.
http://www.gcs.gov.mo/showNews.php?PageLang=C&DataUcn=40356&Member=0