OBJECTIVE: This study describes the clinical course, treatment, and outcome of 13 critically ill children due to infection with new influenza A H1N1, admitted to 2 pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in the northwestern part of the Netherlands. METHODS: Retrospective case series, conducted in 2 PICUs in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. RESULTS: A total of 13 children with a new influenza A H1N1 infection were admitted at 2 Dutch PICUs. The majority of these children were 12 to 16 years old and had an underlying disease. All children required mechanical ventilatory support. Shock was present in 7 of 13 (54%) children. Two children were transferred to a supraregional PICU with facilities for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. CONCLUSIONS: In a Dutch cohort of 13 critically ill children due to infection with new influenza (H1N1), respiratory (100%) and circulatory (54%) failure characterized the course of this infection in most of these children. All children survived.
OBJECTIVE: This study describes the clinical course, treatment, and outcome of 13 critically ill children due to infection with new influenza A H1N1, admitted to 2 pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in the northwestern part of the Netherlands. METHODS: Retrospective case series, conducted in 2 PICUs in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. RESULTS: A total of 13 children with a new influenza A H1N1infection were admitted at 2 Dutch PICUs. The majority of these children were 12 to 16 years old and had an underlying disease. All children required mechanical ventilatory support. Shock was present in 7 of 13 (54%) children. Two children were transferred to a supraregional PICU with facilities for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. CONCLUSIONS: In a Dutch cohort of 13 critically ill children due to infection with new influenza (H1N1), respiratory (100%) and circulatory (54%) failure characterized the course of this infection in most of these children. All children survived.
Authors: Mathias Altmann; Lena Fiebig; Jana Soyka; Rüdiger von Kries; Manuel Dehnert; Walter Haas Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Date: 2011-02 Impact factor: 6.883
Authors: J Rebolledo; D Igoe; J O'Donnell; L Domegan; M Boland; B Freyne; A McNAMARA; E Molloy; M Callaghan; A Ryan; D O'Flanagan Journal: Epidemiol Infect Date: 2013-11-11 Impact factor: 4.434