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Influenza A: hospitalized for a month, the young mother discovers her child at Christmas
MARSEILLE - A pregnant woman hospitalized in late November in Marseilles when she was diagnosed with a severe form of influenza A was finally able to see her child December 24, after undergoing delivery by emergency Caesarean section and being placed in an artificial coma for several days, "on Tuesday with the AP-HM.
The young woman, aged 22 years and eight months pregnant, suffered a "very serious form of influenza caused by H1N1 virus," explains Assistance Publique-H?pitaux de Marseille (AP-HM) in a statement.
First sent to hospital in Avignon, she joined the Hospital de la Conception in Marseille where she was placed on a respirator and has undergone emergency, a cesarean delivery.
The premature infant was placed in an incubator a few days while his mother's condition worsened. "She had a very advanced form of syndrome of acute respiratory distress (ARDS) caused by influenza," said the AP-HM.
It was then placed on a respirator bypass connected to a device that purifies the carbon dioxide from his blood and oxygen enrichment. ( ECMO )
After the admission of the young mother in intensive care at the H?pital Sainte-Marguerite, this assistance was terminated December 9 and the patient was gradually awakened from the coma in which he had been diving.
On December 24, any respiratory support was withdrawn and she was able for the first time, take her child in her arms. She is currently continuing his recovery, said the AP-HM.