Frequent traveler | full time Obstetrician | MFM | Aussie American | Decadent.
the first critically ill adolescent with #H5N1 D1.1 (aka #BirdFlu) in North America.
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
But the situation is dreadful
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
the first critically ill adolescent with #H5N1 D1.1 (aka #BirdFlu) in North America.
A 13 yo rapidly progressed from mild symptoms to respiratory & renal failure. She survived thanks to IMV + ECMO + CRRT.
But the situation is dreadful
📄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....