The response of the intensive care units during the influenza A H1N1 pandemic. The experience in Chiapas, Mexico [La respuesta de la unidades de terapia intensiva frente a la pandemia de influenza AH1N1 2009: La experiencia en Chiapas, Méxi
Por:
Volkow P., Bautista E., de la Rosa M., Manzano G., Muñoz-Torrico M.V., Pérez-Padilla R.
Publicada:
1 ene 2011
Categoría:
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Resumen:
Respiratory virus epidemics had highlighted the importance of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to save life of severe cases. ICU functioning and outcomes depends on infrastructure and trained healthcare personnel. In Chiapas, a Southern state in Mexico, an area to care for severe H1N1 cases on respiratory distress during the second H1N1-2009 outbreak, had to be habilitated. This had to be done without sufficient equipment and ICU un-experienced healthcare workers. It was possible to improve its performance through training and standardizing attention care processes for critically ill patients. In preparation for the next pandemic it is essential to designate hospitals with preexistent ICU where to refer severe cases and avoid improvisations. The experience in Chiapas showed that standardization of medical care processes are clue and in case of an overwhelming emergency it is possible to habilitate an ICU although it is imperative to take advantage from installed facilities in each city with the official authority.
Filiaciones:
Volkow P.:
Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan), Ciudad de México, Mexico
Bautista E.:
Departmento de Medicina Crítica, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (INER), Ciudad de México, Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (INER), Ciudad de México, Mexico
de la Rosa M.:
Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan), Ciudad de México, Mexico
Manzano G.:
Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan), Ciudad de México, Mexico
Muñoz-Torrico M.V.:
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (INER), Ciudad de México, Mexico
Pérez-Padilla R.:
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (INER), Ciudad de México, Mexico
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