Friday, December 18, 2009

Vietnam: Save the lives of patients co-infected with H1N1 influenza and SXH [Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever]

[More details on the 9 yo with Dengue & H1N1]
Patients was 9 years old girls, Thu Duc district, hemorrhagic fever on the 6th, being treated at a local hospital. Patients do not reduce fever, vascular collapse or be attached hospital moved patients to Children's Hospital 2 ..


Many patients with severe hemorrhagic fever is in the emergency room
Children's Hospital has two tests and positive results for girls influenza A/H1N1. Patients have breathing machine breathing machine NCPAP (continuous positive air through the nose), doctors use tamiflu Nursery 2 days but no results.

Doctors must use more drugs Zanamivir (Relenza) for the patients are stable and then must use a special antibiotic treatment of pneumonia and multiple anti-infection. Results after 2 weeks of treatment, the patient has recovered well and was discharge home.

Dr. Chau Vietnamese warning, in some of today's hospitalized patients with dengue fever reduced the number of cases but admitted the worse. We every day in science only a few dozen dengue patients but six ca weight lying in the emergency departments of science, two patients lying in serious scientific resuscitation in shock due to severe emergency, a new death ca .

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