this reporter visited the the Zaozhuang H7N9 ICU
Patients had received artificial lung implant surgery
Yesterday morning, the reporter went to visit Zaozhuang Municipal Hospital Critical Care Medicine, found that the province first case of H7N9 avian influenza patients Zhang is still in a coma, Shandong Province Chest Hospital experts said Zhang's condition is still very serious, for his artificial lung surgery, reduce lung pressure help lung function recover on their own.
Subsequently, under the guidance of the hospital medical staff, the reporter went to Zhang's 5th floor Critical Care Medicine (anti-theft door), and Zhang are only separated by an inner door, a nurse Wear protective clothing to see the reporter, and hurried pointed to the wall mask storage box. Wear wearing two dangerous, you should not come. "
The reporter saw in Critical Care Medicine on the wall, placed in multiple equipped with masks, hats, shoe covers box, doctors, nurses must be replaced before entering protective clothing, and wear a mask. A nurse told reporters that since Zhang was identified as the H7N9 avian influenza suspected cases, other critically ill patients in the intensive care unit batches sent to other wards. Basically care units he, we will be 24-hour shifts to take care of, change clothes in order to ensure safety. "
Through the glass of the intensive care unit, the reporter saw Zhang lying on the the indoor a hospital bed by the window around the head, placed in a variety of testing instruments, his mouth ventilator tube inserted, two doctors is his body to be checked.
H7N9 avian influenza suspected cases that Zaozhuang, Shandong Province Chest Hospital, Sun Wenqing Critical Care Medicine experts arrived in April 21 Zaozhuang Municipal Hospital. According to Director Sun, Zhang admitted to hospital when the disease has been very serious, serious inflammation of the lungs, lung development was a large white X-rays. "White lung indicates that most of the lung inflammation eroded, relying solely on the ventilator can no longer meet the needs of patients with breathing."
For the progression of the disease, Sun Wenqing and other experts, after careful study, 21 the night for Zhang surgery, and implanted artificial lung to help Zhang breathing. Zhang condition has improved slightly, health care workers will be 24-hour care. Zhang asked in a coma for a long time, Sun Wenqing Zhang ways to make conscious, conscious of Zhang's body load increases.
In referring to the next step of the treatment plan, Zaozhuang City, director of Critical Care Medicine Li Jinyuan said, will take a combination of equipment and drugs, Zhang's vital signs, and further with the artificial lung, reduce Zhang lung pressure and get enough rest, and strive to make the lung function gradually improved. http://www.yn.chinanews.com/pub/2013/guonei_0424/71866.html
