Treatment with oseltamivir and prone positioning for a 9-year-old boy with ARDS caused by pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza

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Pediatr Int. 2013 Jun;55(3):e77-80. doi: 10.1111/ped.12055.
Treatment with oseltamivir and prone positioning for a 9-year-old boy with ARDS caused by pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza.
Suyama K, Kawasaki Y, Suzuki Y, Ishii K, Sakai N, Sato M, Hashimoto K, Hosoya M.
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Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan.
Abstract

Here we report the case of a 9-year-old boy with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by novel H1N1 swine-origin influenza virus A. A diagnosis of ARDS caused by a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus was made on the basis of chest X-ray and computed tomography together with low oxygenation index (OI) and the detection of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus from tracheal secretion samples. Oseltamivir phosphate and prone positioning were effective in the treatment of ARDS in this case. These findings suggest that anti-viral drugs and prone positioning can play an important role in the improvement of ARDS caused by novel H1N1 swine-origin influenza virus A.

? 2013 The Authors. Pediatrics International ? 2013 Japan Pediatric Society.

PMID:
23782386
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23782386