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标题：快速流感检测实验(RIDT)结果为阴性的重症甲型(H1N1)流感成年患者的快速临床诊断：甲型流感诊断三联征
Heart & Lung - The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, 2010, Volume: 39, Issue: 1
作者：Burke A. Cunha MD, Uzma Syed MD, Nardeen Mickail MD and Stephanie Strollo MD
内容预览：Background
The "herald wave" of the H1N1 pandemic spread from Mexico to the United States in spring 2009. Initially, the epicenter of H1N1 in the United States was in the New York area. Our hospital, like others, was inundated with large numbers of patients who presented at the Emergency Department (ED) with influenza-like illnesses (ILIs) for swine influenza testing and evaluation.
Methods
The Winthrop-University Hospital ED used rapid influenza (QuickVue A/B) tests to screen for H1N1 infection. Patients who were rapid influenza A test-positive were also reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) positive for H1N1. In our ED, 30% of patients with ILIs and possible H1N1 pneumonia had negative rapid influenza A screening tests. Because H1N1 RT-PCR testing was restricted,...
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