Guidelines on management of human infection with the novel virus influenza A (H1N1)--a report from the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo

Ludhmila Abrahao Hajjar; Denise Schout; Filomena Regina Barbosa Gomes Galas; David Everson Uip; Anna Sara Shafferman Levin; Helio Hehl Caiaffa Filho; Pedro Takanori Sakane; Carlos Alberto Suslik; Jose Manoel de Camargo Teixeira; Eloisa Bonfa; Antonio Alci Barone; Milton de Arruda Martins; Marcos Boulos; Jose Otavio Costa Auler Jr

doi:10.1590/S1807-59322009001000013

Guidelines on management of human infection with the novel virus influenza A (H1N1)--a report from the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo

Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2009;64(10):1015-24. doi: 10.1590/S1807-59322009001000013.

Authors

Ludhmila Abrahao Hajjar¹, Denise Schout, Filomena Regina Barbosa Gomes Galas, David Everson Uip, Anna Sara Shafferman Levin, Helio Hehl Caiaffa Filho, Pedro Takanori Sakane, Carlos Alberto Suslik, Jose Manoel de Camargo Teixeira, Eloisa Bonfa, Antonio Alci Barone, Milton de Arruda Martins, Marcos Boulos, Jose Otavio Costa Auler Jr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, InCor-Heart Institute, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Abstract

The pandemic novel influenza A (H1N1) infection was considered widespread in Brazil on July, 2009. Since then, 9.249 cases were confirmed in Brazil, most of them concentrated in São Paulo. The Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo is a reference center for H1N1 cases in São Paulo. The purpose of this review is to analyze the evidence concerning diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of novel influenza A (H1N1) infection. In addition, we propose guidelines for the management of this pandemic emphasizing Hospital das Clínicas "bundles" for the control of the pandemic novel influenza A (H1N1).

Keywords: Hospital das Clínicas; Pandemic; Review; Swine Origin Infection Virus.

Publication types

Practice Guideline
Review

MeSH terms

Brazil / epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype*
Influenza, Human* / diagnosis
Influenza, Human* / epidemiology
Influenza, Human* / therapy