Anaesthetist, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Unit, Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital Ministry of Health, Apia, Samoa.
Anaesthetist, College of Medicine Nursing & Health Sciences, Fiji National University, Nasinu, Fiji.
Trop Doct. 2024 Oct;54(4):327-330. doi: 10.1177/00494755241266673. Epub 2024 Jul 23.
Our report describes the characteristics of patients admitted to the intensive care unit of the National Hospital of Samoa during the 2019-2020 measles epidemic. The study design was a retrospective review of clinical records; the age range was 2 months to 51 years, with the majority of cases in the 2-23 month age group (71%). Vaccination status was unknown or unrecorded for 17 (24%). Of the 54 (75%) who were not fully vaccinated, 35 (65%) did not survive. Almost all (98%) presented with multiple complications on admission, mostly pneumonia (91%). The mortality rate was 61%, implying a low survival rate particularly among young infants and toddlers, even when optimal care was available and administered.
我们的报告描述了 2019-2020 年萨摩亚麻疹流行期间国家医院重症监护病房收治的患者特征。研究设计为临床记录的回顾性审查；年龄范围为 2 个月至 51 岁，大多数病例在 2-23 个月龄组（71%）。17 例（24%）的疫苗接种状况未知或未记录。在 54 名（75%）未完全接种疫苗的患者中，35 名（65%）未存活。几乎所有（98%）患者入院时都有多种并发症，主要是肺炎（91%）。死亡率为 61%，这意味着存活率较低，尤其是在年幼的婴儿和幼儿中，即使提供并实施了最佳治疗。
