Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Influenza A, an 11-year-old died in Naples, the first casualty among children
ROME (31 October) - A girl of 11 years, ED, died yesterday afternoon at the hospital Santobono of Naples. The news was announced just today from sources Assessorato the Health of the Campania Region.
Was hospitalized for several days and was found to be infected by influenza A. Since September is the sixth victim in Naples, Italy in the twelfth and is the first casualty among children.
The girl, a resident of Pompeii, was hospitalized on the night between Wednesday and Thursday in a hospital in Scafati, with symptoms of high fever.
Given the worsening of his condition was transferred yesterday Santobono pediatric hospital with a diagnosis of acute cardiorespiratory syndrome of probable cardiac origin, but died 40 minutes after admission, at about 17 yesterday.
The swab practiced at
time of admission to Santobono, whose results have occurred today, was positive all'H1N1.
The mayor of Pompeii, Claudio D'Alessio, hearing the news has convened a summit to decide on common measures to be taken.
Civitavecchia: 5 dismissed two of the children hospitalized. There have been discharged and are doing well a child of 9 and a boy of 14 years, hospitalized in recent days because of Civitavecchia Sao Paulo hospital suffering from influenza H1N1.
As announced the direction of the ASL Roma F, admissions were necessary because one of them is diabetic and both were suffering from acute asthma.
Meanwhile, expect the results of the tests on three other children hospitalized, 13, 3 and 2 years, all with pre-existing bronchial problems. According to the Director General of the ASL, Salvatore Squarcione, "Each alarm is misplaced and unjustified scientifically. Therefore it is useless to create files and clogging up the activity of the emergency room. "
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ROME (31 October) - A girl of 11 years, ED, died yesterday afternoon at the hospital Santobono of Naples. The news was announced just today from sources Assessorato the Health of the Campania Region.
Was hospitalized for several days and was found to be infected by influenza A. Since September is the sixth victim in Naples, Italy in the twelfth and is the first casualty among children.
The girl, a resident of Pompeii, was hospitalized on the night between Wednesday and Thursday in a hospital in Scafati, with symptoms of high fever.
Given the worsening of his condition was transferred yesterday Santobono pediatric hospital with a diagnosis of acute cardiorespiratory syndrome of probable cardiac origin, but died 40 minutes after admission, at about 17 yesterday.
The swab practiced at
time of admission to Santobono, whose results have occurred today, was positive all'H1N1.
The mayor of Pompeii, Claudio D'Alessio, hearing the news has convened a summit to decide on common measures to be taken.
Civitavecchia: 5 dismissed two of the children hospitalized. There have been discharged and are doing well a child of 9 and a boy of 14 years, hospitalized in recent days because of Civitavecchia Sao Paulo hospital suffering from influenza H1N1.
As announced the direction of the ASL Roma F, admissions were necessary because one of them is diabetic and both were suffering from acute asthma.
Meanwhile, expect the results of the tests on three other children hospitalized, 13, 3 and 2 years, all with pre-existing bronchial problems. According to the Director General of the ASL, Salvatore Squarcione, "Each alarm is misplaced and unjustified scientifically. Therefore it is useless to create files and clogging up the activity of the emergency room. "
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