Clinical analysis of 5 children with severe influenza A (H1N1) virus infection
QU Dong
REN Xiao-xu
WANG Fei
LI Ying
GUO Lin-ying
HU Feng-hua
Abstract：Objective To discuss the clinical features and realizations of severe influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in children. Methods Analyzed the clinical features, laboratory examinations and imaging data of 5 children with severe influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. Results 5 children with severe influenza A (H1N1) virus infection do not have special symptoms and signs, just have flu-like symptoms such as fever, cough, headache, some children are also ac-companied with digestive symptoms such as abdominal pain, vomit and diahorrea. When the patients' conditions wors-en, they have bad coughs, breathing difficulties, wet rales in the lungs, high heart rates, poor peripheral circulation,drowsiness or dysphoric and so on. The patients often experience MODS, among them the lungs are prominent. In labora-tory examinations, white blood cells counts normal, low or high, most patients experience abnormal function of the liv-er, kidney and coagulation. The main x-ray manifest that many parts of the lungs are damaged. Conclusion Severe in-fluenza A(H1N1) virus infection in children develop at an alarming rate, the risk of death is high. Early recognization,early diagnosis and early treatment is the key to decrease the death rate of Severe influenza A(H1N1) virus infection.
Keywords：severe influenza A(H1N1)virus infectionchildrenclinical performance
Publication Date：2009-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 923-925 )