id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-006253-9q7vm1ek Parakh, Ankit Pediatric Hospitalizations Associated with 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1): An Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in North India 2010-08-27 .txt text/plain 2189 147 50 METHODS: The retrospective case study was conducted at the Pediatric ward and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) dedicated to the children (aged 18 years or younger) with influenza-like illness (ILI) with positive laboratory test results for pandemic H1N1 by reverse-transcriptase polymerase-chain-reaction assay. This observational retrospective analysis describes our experience in children hospitalized with the pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) virus in a tertiary care hospital in North India. As per the directions of the Director General Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India, a Screening Center, Pediatric ward and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) dedicated to the children with influenza-like illness (ILI) aged 18 years or younger hospitalized was started at Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital (KSCH), New Delhi, India (referral center for positive patients). Similar study from Argentina including a total of 251 hospitalized children with 2009 H1N1 influenza, 47 (19%) were admitted to a PICU, 42 (17%) required mechanical ventilation, and 13 (5%) died [6] . ./cache/cord-006253-9q7vm1ek.txt ./txt/cord-006253-9q7vm1ek.txt