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China - Surge in ICU Patients Due to Cold Weather in Nanjing, Jiangsu

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
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Old chronic bronchitis major hospitals in Nanjing tough winter "freeze" the most out of the disease
January 26, 2012 09:30:34 Source: Yangtze Evening News Network



Yesterday was New Year 3, some large hospitals, clinics Nanjing opened up. Reporter yesterday learned that, more than half of this year's Spring Festival holiday, in previous years, some of the common "holiday" disease failed to see how. But a year ago after a snowfall, the temperature remained frozen, Nanjing minimum temperature below -7 ℃. Cold weather is extremely detrimental to human health, leading to "frozen" but many problems out of the hospital emergency room patients with fever these days no break-off, and respiratory failure, cerebrovascular accident, and to freeze the skin of patients Spring Festival to be more than in previous years.

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ICU nurse on duty told reporters during the Spring Festival, every day one or two patients into the ICU, because patients are more critically ill, ICU medical staff on duty even more than usual.The surge in the number of patients and the weather has a lot to winter for some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, could have been a sad threshold; while walking among relatives and friends during the holiday season are more likely to cross-infection, "the old slow support "were once cold, in addition to aggravate existing chronic condition, it also may lead to pneumonia, respiratory function caused serious damage, and even respiratory failure.

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