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J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print]
Dealing with pandemic influenza A during postpartum and early neonatal period in a busy family-centered neonatal intensive care unit.
Kanmaz HG, Oguz SS, Erdeve O, Uras N, Unlu S, Danisman N, Mollamahmutoglu L, Dilmen U.
Department of Neonatology, Dr. Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract
Although most infections with the current pandemic H1N1 virus have been self-limited, the risk of influenza complications is higher in some subpopulations. Pregnant women had an increased risk of influenza complications in two past epidemics (1918-1919 and 1957-1958). Since neonates do not have a well-developed immune system, they are also vulnerable to viral infections and its complications. This article reports the interventions and health care planning strategies for pandemic influenza A, and its seasonal results in a tertiary perinatal care center with annually 20,000 deliveries.
PMID: 21142754 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21142754
Dealing with pandemic influenza A during postpartum and early neonatal period in a busy family-centered neonatal intensive care unit.
Kanmaz HG, Oguz SS, Erdeve O, Uras N, Unlu S, Danisman N, Mollamahmutoglu L, Dilmen U.
Department of Neonatology, Dr. Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract
Although most infections with the current pandemic H1N1 virus have been self-limited, the risk of influenza complications is higher in some subpopulations. Pregnant women had an increased risk of influenza complications in two past epidemics (1918-1919 and 1957-1958). Since neonates do not have a well-developed immune system, they are also vulnerable to viral infections and its complications. This article reports the interventions and health care planning strategies for pandemic influenza A, and its seasonal results in a tertiary perinatal care center with annually 20,000 deliveries.
PMID: 21142754 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21142754