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Source: http://www.odiariomaringa.com.br/noticia/224550
Google translation:
Victims of influenza A occupy 20% of ICU beds
Fifteen of the 78-bed ICUs of Maring? are occupied by people infected with influenza A. Department of Health said yesterday the occurrence of the 10 th death
F?bio Linjardi
linjardi@odiariomaringa.com.br
Fifteen of the 78 beds of the ICUs of Maring? are occupied by patients with swine flu, with nearly 20% of seats - considering the general and pediatric ICUs. The official number may be lower than the actual situation in hospitals.
According to Hall, this account do not enter the cases of patients who live in other cities, but are admitted to ICUs in hospitals maringaensis. The number of patients from outside is not counted by the Secretary of Health of the municipality.
The highest occupancy rate occurs in the ICU pediatric, with 44%. Nine pediatric beds available in the city, four are occupied by children who contracted the new strain. For adults, 15% of beds are occupied.
From 75 beds, 11 are patients with the flu. Do not fall into this account the other 32 ICU beds in the city, used exclusively for treatment of neonatal (14), patients with heart problems (12), and cancers (6).
Since the first report of monitoring of influenza in the city, released on 4 this month by the city, the number of reports of suspected cases increased 838%. In the first report accounted Maring? 199 notifications, that number grew to 1867 in the Gazette yesterday.
In the meantime, the number of notifications increased, on average. The number of confirmed cases rose 550% in an interval of 23 days, from 12 to 78.
For determination of the Ministry of Health since the beginning of this month the collection of samples from patients for laboratory examination shall be made only in cases where the condition is considered serious. Due to the recommendation, since the beginning of the month, in Maring?, patients who sought treatment, but were not hospitalized, they had collected samples for confirmation of the disease.
Ten deaths
The number of deaths caused by swine flu in Maring? reached ten confirmed the Municipal Department of Health yesterday afternoon, through a statement - in the previous bulletin, released Wednesday, the number was eight victims.
The 9th victim is a woman of 37 years, who died 15 days, but the laboratory examination only arrived yesterday. The 10th victim is a boy of 5 years, who died on Tuesday. With ten fatal cases of the disease, the mortality rate in the municipality is 2.98 deaths for every 100 inhabitants, higher than the national rate of 0.29.
The country with the highest mortality rate is Argentina, with 1.08.
Google translation:
Victims of influenza A occupy 20% of ICU beds
Fifteen of the 78-bed ICUs of Maring? are occupied by people infected with influenza A. Department of Health said yesterday the occurrence of the 10 th death
F?bio Linjardi
linjardi@odiariomaringa.com.br
Fifteen of the 78 beds of the ICUs of Maring? are occupied by patients with swine flu, with nearly 20% of seats - considering the general and pediatric ICUs. The official number may be lower than the actual situation in hospitals.
According to Hall, this account do not enter the cases of patients who live in other cities, but are admitted to ICUs in hospitals maringaensis. The number of patients from outside is not counted by the Secretary of Health of the municipality.
The highest occupancy rate occurs in the ICU pediatric, with 44%. Nine pediatric beds available in the city, four are occupied by children who contracted the new strain. For adults, 15% of beds are occupied.
From 75 beds, 11 are patients with the flu. Do not fall into this account the other 32 ICU beds in the city, used exclusively for treatment of neonatal (14), patients with heart problems (12), and cancers (6).
Since the first report of monitoring of influenza in the city, released on 4 this month by the city, the number of reports of suspected cases increased 838%. In the first report accounted Maring? 199 notifications, that number grew to 1867 in the Gazette yesterday.
In the meantime, the number of notifications increased, on average. The number of confirmed cases rose 550% in an interval of 23 days, from 12 to 78.
For determination of the Ministry of Health since the beginning of this month the collection of samples from patients for laboratory examination shall be made only in cases where the condition is considered serious. Due to the recommendation, since the beginning of the month, in Maring?, patients who sought treatment, but were not hospitalized, they had collected samples for confirmation of the disease.
Ten deaths
The number of deaths caused by swine flu in Maring? reached ten confirmed the Municipal Department of Health yesterday afternoon, through a statement - in the previous bulletin, released Wednesday, the number was eight victims.
The 9th victim is a woman of 37 years, who died 15 days, but the laboratory examination only arrived yesterday. The 10th victim is a boy of 5 years, who died on Tuesday. With ten fatal cases of the disease, the mortality rate in the municipality is 2.98 deaths for every 100 inhabitants, higher than the national rate of 0.29.
The country with the highest mortality rate is Argentina, with 1.08.