| dc.creator | Riquelme O,Raúl | |
| dc.creator | Riquelme O,Mauricio | |
| dc.creator | Rioseco Z,María Luisa | |
| dc.creator | Inzunza P,Carlos | |
| dc.creator | Contreras G,Cristian | |
| dc.creator | Gómez V,Yarella | |
| dc.creator | Riquelme D,Javier | |
| dc.date | 2011-03-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-07T16:37:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-07T16:37:59Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872011000300006 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/404928 | |
| dc.description | Background: Pandemic flu (H1N1 ) strongly affected southern Chile during2009. Aim: To report the logistic and organizational changes implemented at a regional hospital to face the pandemic. Material and Methods: All patients with flu like disease that were hospitalized, were prospectively enrolled at the Puerto Montt hospital. A nasopharyngeal aspirate was obtained in all for influenza virus A and B direct immunofluorescence and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). All epidemiological and clinical data of patients were recorded. Results: Between May 29 and July 7, 2009, 184 adults were admitted to the hospital and in 117patients aged 41 ± 18 years (56% females ), direct immunofluorescence was positive for influenza. In 67 of these patients PCR did not confirm the disease. These unconfirmed patients had a mean age of 49 ± 19 years (p < 0.01, compared with confirmed cases) and had a lower frequency of fever, rhinorrhea and chills. No significant differences in the incidence of community acquired pneumonia or chest X ray findings were observed between confirmed and unconfirmed cases. Hospital stay was over 15 days in 14% of confirmed cases and 5% of unconfirmed cases (p = 0.03). Fifteen patients, aged 53 ± 18 years, died. Conclusions: Low sensibility of direct immunofluorescence and delay in obtaining PCR confirmation of influenza posed a problem for the management of these patients. | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | es | |
| dc.publisher | Sociedad Médica de Santiago | |
| dc.source | Revista médica de Chile v.139 n.3 2011 | |
| dc.subject | Fluorescent antibody technique | |
| dc.subject | H1N1 virus | |
| dc.subject | Influenza | |
| dc.subject | human | |
| dc.title | Impacto clínico de la influenza A H1N1 pandémica en el hospital de Puerto Montt, Chile | |
| dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |
