Jiangsu Province - Credit Wikipedia
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This is about the time of day that we start seeing updates on the various provincial health department websites in China regarding the H7N9 virus.
Jiangsu Province, which had already reported 16 cases (1 fatality), adds one more case, and reports the death of a case we already had logged.
This (machine translation) from the Jiangsu Health Department.
April 15 new confirmed cases of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza cases in Jiangsu
Published :2013 -4-15
Health Department of Jiangsu Province, April 15 Bulletin, Jiangsu newly confirmed cases of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza.
Patient Kongmou, male, 60 years old, now living in Kunshan City. On April 15, the provincial expert group diagnosed cases of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza confirmed cases. Where critical condition in a hospital in Suzhou. After investigation, close contacts of the cases a total of 3 people, far showed no abnormality.
In addition, the Nanjing case of human infection confirmed cases of the H7N9 avian flu Gumou female, 77 years old, and hypertension have done rectal surgery. By the provincial expert group consultations, rescue invalid death on the evening of 14 November.
A bit easier to decipher, the following short notice was posted on The Hong Kong Standard’s H7N9 Watch.
(H7N9 Watch) Fatality reported in Nanjing
A new case was reported in Jiangsu Province, where a 60-year-old man was infected of the H7N9 virus. He is being treated in a hospital now. It brings the total number of such cases in China to 61.A 77-year-old woman who was infected by the virus died Sunday night, bringing the total deaths to 14.
Note: The case-count of 61 doesn’t apparently take into account the asymptomatic case reported yesterday in Beijing.
From the Jiangsu Health Department website we also learn of the improvement (and viral clearance) of a 79 year-old man who had been placed into intensive care 10 days ago.
Published :2013 -4-15
Patients 陆某, male, 79 years old. April 5 confirmed human infection of H7N9 avian influenza, and transferred to the intensive care unit treatment of Nanjing Second Hospital in critical condition, on April 6. Several consultation of provincial-level expert group organized by the Provincial Health Department, the rescue efforts, the patient's condition improved markedly, two H7N9 nucleic acid test results were negative. Consultation by the Expert Group, agreed to lift the quarantine, April 15 patients transferred from the intensive care unit to a general ward rehabilitation.
Patients admitted to hospital in critical condition, diagnosis lungs severe pneumonia, respiratory failure, heart failure, a large number of bloody pleural effusion, liver dysfunction after admission Tamiflu antiviral therapy, continuous mechanical ventilation, antibiotics and supportive care and other comprehensive treatment of inflammation of the lungs in patients gradually control, respiratory failure to correct, cardiac function returned to normal, bloody pleural effusion eliminate, the temperature dropped to normal respiratory function improved significantly.
Now successfully evacuated the ventilator, oxygen saturation in patients with low-flow nasal cannula oxygen maintained at more than 95% of peripheral blood leukocytes was back to normal, the reexamination chest CT lungs inflammation apparent absorption, pleural effusion elimination. Currently, patients with breathing steady, significant improvement in appetite and mental state, and has been able to get out of bed.
