Influenza A H1N1 influenza elderly care.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Influenza A H1N1 influenza elderly care [Abstract] Influenza H1N1 influenza in aged care. Methods Retrospective analysis of 13 cases of elderly patients with influenza A H1N1 influenza clinical data during hospitalization and care. Results 13 patients diagnosed with throat swabs were negative for 2 consecutive times, the body temperature normalgt; = 3 days, clinical symptoms disappeared, all cured. CONCLUSION good condition during the observation of disease and the observation after treatment, psychological care and rehabilitation of the disease has played a positive role. [Keywords:] Aged; Influenza H1N1 influenza; Care Influenza A H1N1 influenza is caused by influenza A H1N1 influenza virus caused an acute, zoonotic respiratory diseases. People infected with influenza A H1N1 influenza and the common early symptoms of clinical influenza-like, may include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue, diarrhea and vomiting partially visible, muscle pain or fatigue, eye redness and other symptoms; elderly patients on the basis of the underlying disease may be secondary to severe lung infection, heart failure, chest plot fluid and other complications. our hospital in May 2009 has so far treated more than 450 influenza A H1N1 flu cases, of which 13 cases of elderly patients, nursing now reported as follows. 1 Clinical data Elderly patients over the age of 60 in 13 cases, the oldest is 85 years old, average age 66.8 years, pulmonary infection in 1 case, there is a ~ 3 kinds of underlying diseases in 10 cases, 2 cases of severe patients are fever .13 as the first symptoms, body temperature at 37.3 ~ 38.8 , heating duration of 1 to 3 days, were cough, dry cough in 5 cases, sputum in 8 cases, the yellow sticky sputum, chest X-ray examination showed pulmonary inflammation in two cases and chest pain in 1. After symptomatic treatment and care, 13 patients returned to normal body temperature, clinical symptoms