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View Post: Mutated Flu Comes to China : Kevin Trudeau Show
9 hours ago by Andrew  
The doctor is known for his candor and work in fighting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2003, when nationwide panic and international alarm erupted after it emerged that officials hid or underplayed the spreading epidemic. ... “Some local healthcare authorities are reluctant, unwilling to test patients with severe pneumonia because there's some latent rule which says the more H1N1 deaths, the less effective the control and prevention work in your area,” Zhong said. ...
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View Post: Suspected Hemorrhagic Pneumonia Outbreak Hits Ukraine
12 Nov 2009 by editor  
Since October 19, 30 deaths, including one child, from "acute respiratory infections," were reported, at first called SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome, a serious form of pneumonia caused by a virus). Influenza A virus affects ...
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View Post: Susheewa.com » Guidelines for preventing health-care–associated ...
13 Nov 2009 by susheewa  
The new guidelines are designed to reduce the incidence of pneumonia and other severe, acute lower respiratory tract infections in acute-care hospitals and in other health-care settings (e.g., ambulatory and long-term care ... contains new sections on pertussis and lower respiratory tract infections caused by adenovirus and human parainfluenza viruses and refers readers to the source of updated information about prevention and control of severe acute respiratory syndrome. ...
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View Post: China vows to punish H1N1 death cover-ups - Flu -Public Health -
20 Nov 2009
Zhong Nanshan, respected by many in China for his candor and work fighting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, said he did not believe the national H1N1 death toll of 53, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported on Thursday. ... The H1N1 flu strain affects the respiratory tract. Patients who become severely ill or die typically suffer from pneumonia, either brought on directly by the virus or due to secondary bacterial infections. ...
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View Post: NEJM -- Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroids for Persistent ...
19 Apr 2006 by The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute...  
Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroids for Persistent Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. ... Effects of glucocorticoids in ventilated piglets with severe pneumonia. Eur Respir J 32: 1037-1046 [Abstract] [Full Text]; Sibila, O., Agusti, C., Torres, A. (2008). Corticosteroids in severe pneumonia. Eur Respir J 32: 259-264 [Abstract] [Full Text]; Ali, N. A., O'Brien, J. M. Jr., Hoffmann, S. P., Phillips, G., ...
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View Post: WORLD BULLETIN- TURKEY NEWS, WORLD NEWS [ Doctor doubts China ...
19 Nov 2009
Zhong is respected by many people in China for his candour and work in fighting "severe acute respiratory syndrome" (SARS) in 2003, when nationwide panic and international alarm erupted after it emerged that officials hid or ... The H1N1 flu strain affects the respiratory tract and patients who become severely ill or die typically suffer from pneumonia which is brought on either directly by the virus or due to secondary bacterial infections owing to the person's weakened ...
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View Post: Differential Effects of Buffered Hypercapnia versus Hypercap ...
26 Nov 2009 by Higgins, Brendan D.; Costello, Joseph;...  
HCA may be more effective in the setting of more severe lung injury. In the analysis by Kregenow et al. of the data from the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network tidal volume study,3,35 HCA was associated with benefit in patients who were ventilated with the higher tidal volume strategy, ... Ni Chonghaile M, Higgins BD, Costello J, Laffey JG: Hypercapnic acidosis attenuates severe acute bacterial pneumonia induced lung injury by a neutrophil independent mechanism. ...
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View Post: Doubts over death toll for H1N1 flu in China - upiasia.com
24 Nov 2009 by By SL Shen  
Zhong is the same person who made public his doubts about official reports on the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in 2003. His warning alerted the public and even the international media to the seriousness of the situation. ... 6 had been underestimated. For example, the H1N1 virus can harm the respiratory system and result in pneumonia. According to Zhong, some deaths that were treated as ordinary cases of pneumonia could have been caused by H1N1. ...
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View Post: severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars)
6 Jul 2009 by Medical Article  
severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) is a form of atypical pneumonia that generates serious impairments at pulmonary level. although no one can deny the seriousness of sars, the over-promoted denatured ideas and misconceptions ...
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