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Abdome Agudo/diagnóstico , Kwashiorkor/diagnóstico , Síndrome da Realimentação/diagnóstico , Strongyloides stercoralis/isolamento & purificação , Estrongiloidíase/complicações , Abdome Agudo/cirurgia , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Animais , Antiparasitários/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Perfuração Intestinal/etiologia , Ivermectina/administração & dosagem , Ivermectina/uso terapêutico , Doenças do Jejuno/patologia , Kwashiorkor/etiologia , Kwashiorkor/terapia , Masculino , Pneumoperitônio/diagnóstico , Complicações Pós-Operatórias , Síndrome da Realimentação/etiologia , Síndrome da Realimentação/terapia , Estrongiloidíase/diagnóstico , Estrongiloidíase/tratamento farmacológico , Estrongiloidíase/microbiologia , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: The influenza pandemic has generated much interest in the press and the medical world. We report our experience with 15 cases of severe novel influenza A H1N1 (2009) infections requiring intensive care. The aim of this review is to improve our preparedness for epidemics and pandemics by studying the most severely affected patients. CLINICAL PICTURE: During the epidemic, hospitals were required to provide data on all confirmed H1N1 cases admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) to the Ministry of Health. We abstracted information from this dataset for this report. To highlight learning points, we reviewed the case notes of, and report, the fi ve most instructive cases. TREATMENT: There were 15 cases admitted to an ICU from July 4, 2009 to August 30, 2009. Two patients died. CONCLUSIONS: The lessons we wish to share include the following: preparedness should include having intermediate-care facilities that also provide single room isolation and skilled nursing abilities, stringent visitor screening should be implemented and influenza may trigger an acute myocardial infarction in persons with risk factors.
