Spain: 2 patients seriously ill in intensive care

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http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/16761/two-swine-flu-patients-seriously-ill-in-intensive-care

Two swine ?flu patients seriously ill in intensive care
By: thinkSPAIN , Sunday, June 28, 2009


TWO severe cases of swine ?flu have been detected in Madrid and Catalunya.

Minister of health Trinidad Jim?nez (pictured) reported yesterday that a 32-year-old man had been admitted to the Joan XXIII hospital in Tarragona, where he remains in intensive care.

Medics say his condition is serious, due to a respiratory problem that he had suffered prior to contracting the AH1N1 virus.

In Madrid, a pregnant woman is said to be in a serious condition in hospital with swine ?flu.
Jim?nez stresses that the central government?s health authority is watching both cases closely and following their developments.

She also commented that a 29-year-old summer camp instructor diagnosed with the virus had recently left hospital and returned to his home in Madrid.

He had been in charge of 40 children aged between six and 16 at the camp in the Urdaibai district of the province of Vizcaya, in the Basque Country.

But Jim?nez says all the children have been tested and none were found to be affected.

Of the 60,000 cases of swine ?flu worldwide, 541 are in Spain.

Although 263 people have died from the illness, at present there has only been one death in Europe, a man in Scotland.

 

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Re: Spain: 2 patients seriously ill in intensive care

Source: http://www.barcelonareporter.com/in...se_of_swine_flu_a_h1n1_detected_in_tarragona/

First serious case of swine Flu A/H1N1 detected in Tarragona

A man aged 32 was admitted in the Hospital of Tarragona Joan XXIII with a respiratory complication resulting from Swine Flu A/H1N1, which led to his transfer to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), confirmed sources at the Ministry of Health of Catalonia
First serious case of swine Flu A/H1N1 detected in Tarragona

A man aged 32 was admitted in the Hospital of Tarragona Joan XXIII with a respiratory complication resulting from influenza A, which led to his transfer to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), confirmed sources at the Ministry of Health of Catalonia.

A/H1N1 virus infection was aided by the prior poor health of the man, which reduced his immune defences and worsened his condition. After entering the centre, the man was subjected to tests for Influenza A, which proved positive, and he is now receiving "intensive treatment" in the ICU of the hospital in Tarragona.

It has been confirmed the man had not travelled to Mexico, so he contracted the disease in Spain.

This is the first instance in Spain where infection has lead to serious complications for the patient putting them in a life-threatening position.

After this first serious case of Tarragona, a 19-year-old pregnant woman remains hospitalized in serious condition in the ICU of the Hospital Gregorio Mara??n in Madrid for pneumonia associated with influenza A/H1N1 virus, as reported to Europe Press by sources in the Ministry of Health and Social Policy.

Both hospitals hope these two cases are isolated and are "coordinating" to see how they evolve.

At the same time, the Ministry of Health and Social Policy will be informed of any developments that may occur.

 

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Re: Spain: 2 patients seriously ill in intensive care

Source: http://lta.reuters.com/article/topNews/idLTASIE55S1B720090629

Google translation:

Medical practitioners to young cesarean H1N1 flu in Spain
Monday June 29 2009 11:37 GYT

MADRID (Reuters) - A young pregnant woman who was interned in Madrid with H1N1 influenza on Monday, gave birth by caesarean section, reported on Monday the Spanish Gregorio Maranon hospital, where he stayed patient.

The girl suffers from pneumonia and respiratory failure, said the health center, while the baby is in good health.

Hospital sources quoted by media that doctors had indicated in advance that cause delivery if the health status of the couple was getting worse.

Meanwhile, a man of 32 years remains in the Intensive Care Unit of Hospital de Tarragona Joan XXIII due to a complication of a respiratory ailment that he had previously.

These are the first infected in Spain are considered low risk vital.

The total number of infected influenza H1N1 in Spain amounts to 541, according to data reported Friday by the Ministry of Health.

In the world, there are already more than 67,000 infected and 306 deaths, according to figures from the World Health Organization and local health authorities.

(By Emma Pinedo; Edition Cristina Fuentes-Cantillana and Ana Laura Mitidieri)