Hospital officials ask public to take steps to prevent disease spread, including getting flu and COVID-19 vaccinations.
adding that a few weeks ago children's hospital officials met to discuss the situation. “What we saw was the trajectory was pretty concerning.”The surge began over the summer with a rise in respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a disease that typically peaks in the late fall or winter. Experts suspect that the RSV season shifted after a year when few people were infected due to masks and social distancing.
That hasn’t been happening here but hospital officials are keeping a close eye on numbers and in some cases pivoting to meet demand.is seeing about a 25% increase in patient volume compared to last year, which is due to several viruses, including RSV, rhino/enterovirus and adenovirus, hospital officials said in an email. More recently, flu has also entered the picture as well as a smattering of COVID-19 cases.
At Parkview Women's and Children's Hospital in Fort Wayne, RSV cases are three times as high as in previous years, saidmedical director of the pediatric intensive care unit in an emailed statement. The hospital has had to expand its pediatric beds, using space in Parkview Regional Medical Center to which it is attached.
On that Friday, the Ehrmans walked into Lexie’s room and found a team of doctors circling Lexie to place her on a ventilator as her oxygen levels kept plummeting. Getting an annual flu shot can help prevent influenza and COVID-19 boosters can decrease the chance a person who is infected with coronavirus requires hospitalization.
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