Clinical analysis of eight pediatric severe influenza A(H1N1)cases / 中国小儿急救医学
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine
; (12): 80-82, 2010.
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Objective To analyze the clinical feature of pediatric severe influenza A(H1N1)cases.Methods To summarize the clinical manifestation,diagnostic and therapeutic process of eight pediatric severe influenza A(H1N1)cases.Results All eight cases couldn't provide contact history.Four cases had fundamental diseases,which were nephrotic syndrome,congenital hypothyroidism,bronchial asthma and moderate anemia.All cases had cough and fever,which was productive cough and hyperpyrexia(5 cases).All cases had tachypnea,which presented at the course of 0.5~6 days and progressively aggravated to respiratory failure 3~24 hours later.Chest x-ray showed localized exudation,which was similar to mycoplasma pneumonia.Seven cases had increased percentages of neutrophil.Six cases had increased CRP.All cases had respiratory failure;two cases were complicated with toxic encephacopathy.Treatment included anti-virus and support therapy.All cases received immunoglobulin and some cases received glucocorticoid.Six patients received mechanicai ventilation.Time of mechanical ventilation was 3~6 days.No patients died.Conclusion Pediatric severe influenza A(H1N1)case is severe pneumonia with characteristic of severe hypoxemia.Acute respiratory distress syndrome and death can be prevented through effective and in-time therapy.
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