Enfermedad tipo influenza. Experiencia terapéutica en medicina familiar
Background: infl uenza is a highly contagious respiratory disease. Sur-veillance in Mexico is based on the detection of Infl uenza-Like Illness (ILI) and antiviral treatment should begin within 48 hours to avoid the main complication, pneumonia. The aim was to describe the experience on treatment of...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UMSNH |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:457745490017 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=457745490017 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Medicina human influenza respiratory tract infections |
| Sumario: | Background: infl uenza is a highly contagious respiratory disease. Sur-veillance in Mexico is based on the detection of Infl uenza-Like Illness (ILI) and antiviral treatment should begin within 48 hours to avoid the main complication, pneumonia. The aim was to describe the experience on treatment of the ILI in a family medicine unit.Methods: a descriptive study included patients presented to the emer-gency room with ILI (38ºC fever, headache and cough accompanied by other symptoms). We reviewed the reporting formats of Infl uenza. To follow up, contact them by telephone. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.Results: there were 537 patients attended with diagnosis of upper air-way infection, 1.3 % met criteria for ILI. 85.7 % were men. The mean age was 18 ± 24.21 years. The patients were seen in a mean time of 19.14 hours after the symptoms have started; 100 % of the patients received treatment with oseltamivir and zanamivir; 14.3 % developed pneumonia. All the patients recovered without concomitant disease or complications.Conclusions: The use of a protocol in patients with infl uenza in a fam-ily medicine unit led an early diagnosis and treatment that favored the patients’ health restoration. |
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