Via The Canadian Press :
" TORONTO : Flu activity is picking up in some parts of Canada, but the predominant strain in this country is H3N2 instead of the pandemic H1N1 virus that dominated the health-care scene a year ago.
Dr. Irene Armstrong of Toronto Public Health says influenza appears to be hitting hard earlier this season in Toronto, compared to other regular non-pandemic flu years. The number of lab-confirmed cases so far is 515, she said, compared to an average of about 81 cases per year at this point from 2004-05 to 2008-09. Five deaths have been recorded."
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Canada : H1N1 cases outnumbered heart attacks, strokes at hospitals during 5-week period
An article from The Canadian Press, excerpt :
" TORONTO : A new look at last year's flu pandemic finds that two-thirds of hospitalizations for the H1N1 flu were in a five-week period beginning at the end of October.
The study by the Canadian Institute for Health Information says that during those five weeks, H1N1 accounted for 3.4 per cent of hospitalizations across the country.
That was more than the percentage for heart attacks or for strokes.
The institute says that in Ontario, one in four emergency visits during October and November 2009 were by patients with flu-like symptoms — compared to about one in seven in previous years.
Overall, the study finds there were more than 15,000 confirmed and probable H1N1 hospitalizations from April to December — about 6,500 more patients than the number of lab-confirmed hospitalized cases previously reported."
" TORONTO : A new look at last year's flu pandemic finds that two-thirds of hospitalizations for the H1N1 flu were in a five-week period beginning at the end of October.
The study by the Canadian Institute for Health Information says that during those five weeks, H1N1 accounted for 3.4 per cent of hospitalizations across the country.
That was more than the percentage for heart attacks or for strokes.
The institute says that in Ontario, one in four emergency visits during October and November 2009 were by patients with flu-like symptoms — compared to about one in seven in previous years.
Overall, the study finds there were more than 15,000 confirmed and probable H1N1 hospitalizations from April to December — about 6,500 more patients than the number of lab-confirmed hospitalized cases previously reported."
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Canada : H1N1 deaths, ICU admissions in 2nd wave proportionally less than 1st wave: study
Via The Canadian Press :
" TORONTO : As Canadians start rolling up their sleeves for this year's flu shot, researchers are rolling out a new analysis of last year's flu season.
The study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal compares the first and second waves of the H1N1 pandemic, which initially hit Canada in April 2009.
In the second wave, which began Aug. 30, 2009, there were 4.8 times more hospital admissions, four times more admissions to intensive-care units and 4.6 times more deaths.
But ICU admissions and deaths as a proportion of hospital admissions fell in the second wave, even though patients admitted to hospital were older and more of them had underlying conditions.
There was a 16 per cent proportional decline in ICU admissions and a six per cent proportional decline in deaths compared with the first wave, the study found.
The analysis also revealed that the impact on aboriginal populations and pregnant women was much less in the second wave, said Dr. John Spika, director general of the Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases at the Public Health Agency of Canada."
" TORONTO : As Canadians start rolling up their sleeves for this year's flu shot, researchers are rolling out a new analysis of last year's flu season.
The study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal compares the first and second waves of the H1N1 pandemic, which initially hit Canada in April 2009.
In the second wave, which began Aug. 30, 2009, there were 4.8 times more hospital admissions, four times more admissions to intensive-care units and 4.6 times more deaths.
But ICU admissions and deaths as a proportion of hospital admissions fell in the second wave, even though patients admitted to hospital were older and more of them had underlying conditions.
There was a 16 per cent proportional decline in ICU admissions and a six per cent proportional decline in deaths compared with the first wave, the study found.
The analysis also revealed that the impact on aboriginal populations and pregnant women was much less in the second wave, said Dr. John Spika, director general of the Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases at the Public Health Agency of Canada."
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