Clinical Profile of Swine Flu in Children at Puducherry.
Indian J Pediatr
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2010 Oct; 77 (10): 1093-1096
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-157144
ABSTRACT
Objective To study the clinical profile and outcome of children screened and diagnosed for Swine flu at a tertiary care hospital. Methods All Children with suspicion of swine flu infection attending our hospital during the epidemic from August 2009 through January 2010 were screened and categorized into A, B and C as per guidelines of National Health and family welfare. Patients in Category A were advised home quarantine, Category B tested and treated with ostelamivir and Category C were hospitalized. Results Among 424 cases screened for Swine flu, 79 were children in the age group 0–12 years of age (18.6%). The median age of presentation was 5 years. Children belonging to Category A were 43(54.4%), Category B were 31 (39.2%) and Category C were 5(6.3%). Out of the cases that were screened, 19 children were confirmed positive for H1N1 infection(30.2%).Out of positive cases 8 were in category A (42%), eight were in category B (42%) and five were in category C (26.3%). Conclusions During the epidemic of swine flu at puducherry, majority of cases were category A with mild symptoms. Home quarantine and preventive measures during the epidemic were found to be far more important than testing and treating with Oseltamivir.
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Practice guideline
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English
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Indian J Pediatr
Year:
2010
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