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View Blog: A new study on paediatric H1N1 influenza admissions has found that asthma is a significant risk factor for severe disease in children with pandemic H1N1 compared with the seasonal flu. The study, led by researchers from The Hospital for

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View Post: Asthma- An important risk factor in children for severe H1N1 study ...
20 Nov 2009 by Jason Ramsey  
Mild asthma raises the risk of being hospitalized with more severe H1N1 flu according to researchers in Toronto. Doctors from the Hospital for Sick Children reviewed the charts of 58 children admitted with H1N1 pandemic between May 8 ...
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View Post: Swine Flu May Hit Kids With Asthma Harder - Health News - Health.com
21 hours ago by timeinctemp  
Of the children treated for H1N1 flu, 22 percent had asthma, but just 6 percent of those treated for seasonal flu had asthma, the study found. Also, almost half of the children admitted to the intensive care unit to be treated for H1N1 ...
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View Post: Asthma Significant Risk Factor In For Severe H1N1 In Children ...
20 Nov 2009 by Anna Tomova  
The findings showed children admitted with H1N1 were more likely to have asthma than those hospitalized with seasonal influenza (22% versus 6%), with overall 46 or 79% hospitalized with H1N1 having underlying medical conditions, ...
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View Post: Swine Flu May Hit Kids With Asthma Harder - healthfinder.gov
20 Nov 2009
The researchers described the prevalence of asthma as "the most striking difference" between the two groups of children, but they found other differences as well. Children with H1N1 flu were older. But children with both kinds of flu ...
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