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| LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 60 |
Novel H1N1 influenza infection in intensive care unit
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand
| Date of Web Publication | 22-Mar-2011 |
Correspondence Address:
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok - 10160
Thailand
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.78232 PMID: 21633552
How to cite this article:
Wiwanitkit V. Novel H1N1 influenza infection in intensive care unit. Indian J Crit Care Med 2011;15:60 |
Dear Editor,
I read the recent report on novel H1N1 influenza infection by Chacko et al.,[1] with great interest. Chacko et al. concluded, "2009 H1N1 infection caused severe disease in relatively young patients without significant co-morbidities, characterized by severe hypoxemia and the requirement for prolonged mechanical ventilation" and "extra-pulmonary organ failure included circulatory and renal failure". [1] The data from this work are similar to a recent report from Spain. [2] I would like to add some discussions on this work. First, there is no doubt that the novel H1N1 influenza can cause severe disease in healthy subjects. However, based on this work, it might not be possible to note that all patients have no co-morbidities since there are no data on health status of all cases prior to the present illness. The cause of detected prolonged mechanical ventilation should be discussed. The presented data that the affected cases had to be on ventilator for a week or more is not different from the cases with classical H1N1 influenza virus infection. [3] This might be due to no significant difference in pathogenesis between classical and novel H1N1 influenza infections. Finally, the extrapulmonary organ failure is important. Although it is not common, it is detectable. [4] However, based on personal experience, it can be said that the heart failure is extremely rare. [5]
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| 1. | Chacko J, Gagan B, Ashok E, Radha M, Hemanth HV. Critically ill patients with 2009 H1N1 infection in an Indian ICU. Indian J Crit Care Med 2010;14:77-82. 
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| 2. | Rello J, Rodríguez A, Ibañez P, Socias L, Cebrian J, Marques A, et al. H1N1 SEMICYUC Working Group. Intensive care adult patients with severe respiratory failure caused by Influenza A (H1N1)v in Spain. Crit Care Med 2009;13:148.
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| 3. | Price DG, Symons JC. Influenza and respiratory failure. Br Med J 1970;1:233.
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| 4. | Wiwanitkit V. Non respiratory manifestations of swine flu. Clin Ter 2009;160:499-501.
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| 5. | Wiwanitkit V. Heart failure in swine flu: a note. J Card Fail 2009;15:812
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| Chacko, J., Gagan, B., Ashok, E., Radha, M., Hemanth, H.V. | | Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine. 2011; 15(1): 60-61 | | [Pubmed] | |
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