Clinical Profile of Swine Flu in Children at Puducherry.
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2010-10
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Objective To study the clinical profile and outcome of
children screened and diagnosed for Swine flu at a tertiary
care hospital.
Methods All Children with suspicion of swine flu infection
attending our hospital during the epidemic from August
2009 through January 2010 were screened and categorized
into A, B and C as per guidelines of National Health and
family welfare. Patients in Category A were advised home
quarantine, Category B tested and treated with ostelamivir
and Category C were hospitalized.
Results Among 424 cases screened for Swine flu, 79 were
children in the age group 0–12 years of age (18.6%). The
median age of presentation was 5 years. Children belonging
to Category A were 43(54.4%), Category B were 31
(39.2%) and Category C were 5(6.3%). Out of the cases
that were screened, 19 children were confirmed positive for
H1N1 infection(30.2%).Out of positive cases 8 were in
category A (42%), eight were in category B (42%) and five
were in category C (26.3%).
Conclusions During the epidemic of swine flu at puducherry,
majority of cases were category A with mild symptoms.
Home quarantine and preventive measures during the
epidemic were found to be far more important than testing
and treating with Oseltamivir.
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Swine flu, H1N1, Oseltamivir
Citation
Sriram P, Kumar Manish, Renitha R, Mondal Nivedita, Bhat Vishnu B. Clinical Profile of Swine Flu in Children at Puducherry. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2010 Oct; 77 (10): 1093-1096.