Influenza A (H1N1) Pneumonia. Three cases in children.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Ariel Efrén Uriarte Méndez (लेखक), Jesús Vila Díaz (लेखक), Andrés Prieto Apesteguía (लेखक), Dunia Chavez Amaro (लेखक), Jorge Luis Capote (लेखक), Orlando Leyro Salgado (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos, 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 1727-897X
• Keywords: influenza a (h1n1); neumonía; epidemia; Medicine (General); R5-920; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Medisur, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 48-51 (2011)

It is made a report of three cases of pneumonia due to Influenza A (H1N1) with satisfactory evolution, assisted in the Intensive Care Unit of the Cienfuegos's Pediatric Hospital Paquito González Cueto, and whose diagnosis were confirmed for the test Reaction in Chain of the Reverse "Polimerase-Transcriptase" (RCP-TR) in nasopharyngeal samples. The X-rays and the laboratory exams are shown. The films reveal alveolar multifocal infiltrates, different from the interstitial pattern that commonly appears in viral pneumonias. It was significant the trombocitopenia proved in one of the patients, a fact that has been rarely reported. This work try to contribute to the best knowledge of the disease in children.