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Wed Aug 22 23:41:59 BST 2007

I think mainly rumour mill, Pret - nothing closing but everybody much
busier than usual. There has certainly been a horrible Influenza A
outbreak, with at least a half a dozen paediatric deaths hitting the
media. Most ICUs have been busier than usual in winter (we are coming to
the end of winter now) with both influenza pneumonia and secondary
bacterial pneumonia. My hospital just reported four cases of secondary
staph pneumonia after influenza - one of these died in my care. We have
also had a lot more nasty pneumococcal pneumonia than usual.

Cheers, Ian

Ian Seppelt FANZCA FJFICM
Senior Staff Specialist
Dept of Intensive Care Medicine
The Nepean Hospital, PO Box 63 Penrith NSW 2751
Director of Clinical Research, Sydney West AHS
Clinical Lecturer, University of Sydney

>>> pbjorn at emh.org 23/08/2007 3:41am >>>
Hearing scraps of info in this hemisphere about nasty and numerous
outbreaks of influenza-A in Australia.  If colleagues there have
observations, I for one would be interested.  Is it true that
facilities
are closing to admissions, or is there a rumor mill in operation?

Pret Bjorn
Trauma Coordinator
EMMC Trauma Program
Bangor, ME USA
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