Friday, May 14, 2010

Hot, child respiratory illness increased

13/05/2010 22:27 (GMT +7) 13/05/2010 22:27 (GMT +7)

In Ho Chi Minh City hot weather in recent days as some children suffer severe respiratory diseases increased.

Respiratory Sciences at Children's Hospital 2, from 30-40 per day for more patients to hospital treatment, the Department is more than 100 children with respiratory diseases are to inpatient treatment, including to 14 severe cases have emergency resuscitation, breathing support.

Respiratory Sciences 2 Children's Hospital has 70 beds but only a day from 100-120 patients to hospital treatment should occur overload, emergency rooms are overloaded by the Faculty of patients were severe respiratory mutations increase, emergency room cases also occur 2-3 patients sharing one bed.
. 1 Children's Hospital, 230 patients is respiratory disease to inpatient treatment, while the day is usually from 120-150 patients. Especially, the number of patients with severe pneumonia increased, in some cases when the hospital was almost moved to stop the heart, to stop breathing resuscitation, first aid is to save lives.

Dr. Tran Thi Thu Loan, Head of Children's Hospital respiratory 2, hot weather as number of patients increased respiratory disease, especially severe cases. Hot as dehydration, fatigue, reduced resistance to infection is easy, so parents have the child drink sufficient water and nutrients to increase the resistance at the same time not so many kids out sunshine.

When children have no signs of high fever down, not eating, not feed, breathe fatigue, convulsions, have taken to the hospital for treatment.
Also, pay attention to children whose congenital heart disease, malnutrition because these children from disease, respiratory disease is often severe changes. Avoid subjectivity, the child admitted to hospital late because the child can lead to severe pneumonia to respiratory failure and death.

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