Clinical epidemiologic aspects of influenza AH1N1 in a pediatric hospital of Lima in the context of pandemics June - August 2009

Authors

  • Hugo Mezarina E. Hospital de Emergencias Pediátricas. Lima, Perú.
  • José Lagos C. Hospital de Emergencias Pediátricas. Lima, Perú.
  • Nélida Iturrizaga R. Hospital de Emergencia Pediátricas. Lima, Perú.
  • Sonia Juárez de la C. Hospital de Emergencia Pediátricas. Lima, Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61651/rped.2010v63n1p11-14

Keywords:

Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype, Pandemics, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Abstract

Objective: To determine the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of influenza in hospitalized patients AH1N1 Hospital’s Emergency Department Lima - Peru, in the context of pandemic influenza AH1N1.

Methods: This descriptive study evaluated the epidemiological surveillance records of 98 hospitalized patients, initially classified as suspected Influenza AH1N1, who underwent nasal and pharyngeal swabs were sent to INS for confirmatory test RT real time-PCR, identified 57 confirmed cases.

Results: 58.16% of suspected patients were confirmed. The most affected group was the male with 57.89%, the average age was 4.05 years, over 60% came from the districts of San Juan de Lurigancho, El Augustino, La Victoria, Lima Cercado, Los Olivos y Ate. The 70.18% had a history of previous contact. Cough (89.5%), fever (87.7%), rhinorrhea (86.0%) and pharyngeal congestion (77.2%) were the most frequently reported signs; being lymphadenopathy, skin rash, ear pain and photophobia the least reported. The average time of disease was 3.53 days, the criterion of seriousness that occurred more frequently during the illness was respiratory distress (77.19%).

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Author Biographies

Hugo Mezarina E., Hospital de Emergencias Pediátricas. Lima, Perú.

Médico Pediatra Jefe de la Oficina de Epidemiología del Hospital de Emergencias Pediátricas. Lima, Perú.

José Lagos C., Hospital de Emergencias Pediátricas. Lima, Perú.

Médico Patólogo Clínico Jefe del Servicio de Patología Clínica del Hospital de Emergencias Pediátricas. Lima, Perú.

Nélida Iturrizaga R., Hospital de Emergencia Pediátricas. Lima, Perú.

Licenciada en Enfermería Oficina de Epidemiología del Hospital de Emergencia Pediátricas. Lima, Perú.

Sonia Juárez de la C., Hospital de Emergencia Pediátricas. Lima, Perú.

Licenciada en Enfermería Oficina de Epidemiología del Hospital de Emergencia Pediátricas. Lima, Perú.

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Published

2010-12-31

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Mezarina E. H, Lagos C. J, Iturrizaga R. N, Juárez de la C. S. Clinical epidemiologic aspects of influenza AH1N1 in a pediatric hospital of Lima in the context of pandemics June - August 2009. Rev Peru Pediatr [Internet]. 2010 Dec. 31 [cited 2025 May 24];63(1):11-4. Available from: https://pediatria.pe/index.php/pedperu/article/view/467

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Vol. 63 Num. 1 (2010)

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