Pregnant women and High Risk Maternity Swine flu
Uncategorized December 28th, 2009
Los Angeles – swine flu was not only dangerous for pregnant women, but also threatens new mothers giving birth. In the study showed a high risk to pregnant women and new mothers who give birth in hospital with flu pigs.
Pregnant mothers who gave birth in two weeks or less in the high risk of severe flu complications. Swine flu becomes a threat to pregnant women after a well-documented, and public health officials urging them to get vaccinated.
A previous study showed that pregnant women infected with the virus are more likely to be hospitalized and face greater risk of death than other public patients. The new report released Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine, is the first to see the risks for the woman who had just given birth and highlights the continued high risk after pregnancy.
The results of the study makes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently revised guidelines, which recommend the flu drug given to women who show signs of flu soon after their birth.
This study was conducted by the California Department of Public Health and the CDC. California is the nation’s most populous, which has conducted surveillance H1N1 disease since 2009. The study involved 94 pregnant women and eight new mothers who were hospitalized during the first four months of a pandemic before a vaccine is available, in October.
Most of these pregnant women in second or third trimester, when the risk of flu complications believed to be the highest. Many otherwise healthy and go to the hospital with mild symptoms such as fever or cough, but their health rapidly declined.
The researchers estimate that the swine flu killed more than four pregnant women per 100,000 live births in California. Pandemic has proven to be deadly for pregnant women. And death from childbirth are quite rare in the United States. One of the most common cause of excessive bleeding.
“This is not unusual in that infectious diseases can increase overall mortality,” said Dr. Denise Jamieson from the CDC, which became part of this research.
