(Shanghai War Epidemic Record) The average age of death cases in this round of epidemic in Shanghai is 81.10 years old
China News Service, Shanghai, April 24 (Reporter Chen Jing) At the press conference on the prevention and control of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic in Shanghai held on the 24th, Wang Xingpeng, director of the Development Center of Shenkang Hospital, said that in this round of treatment of critically ill patients, medical care and nursing The personnel adhere to three principles, that is, equal emphasis on prevention of mild to severe and severe treatment, equal emphasis on new crown treatment and basic disease treatment, and equal emphasis on traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment.
Zhao Dandan, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, revealed that since the current round of the epidemic, the average age of death cases in Shanghai is 81.10 years old, and the oldest is 101 years old.
All of them had severe multi-organ underlying diseases and were in critical condition.
The immediate cause of their death was the underlying disease.
Zhao Dandan said that the vaccination rate of new crowns in these cases is low, and only 5 cases have been vaccinated against new crowns.
The elderly with low immunity and weak constitution are susceptible to the new coronavirus.
The elderly are prone to develop severe and critical illnesses after being infected with the new coronavirus, which increases the difficulty of treatment.
Studies have shown that vaccination plays an important role in preventing infected people from turning into severe disease.
In view of the fact that the underlying diseases of the elderly patients are many and serious, Shanghai has gathered more than 360 intensive care medical experts with rich clinical diagnosis and treatment experience in the city, plus experts supported by other provinces and cities, and jointly established 9 intensive care teams, stationed in 8 cities. Designated hospitals at the first level implement centralized management and comprehensive treatment for patients with severe COVID-19, critical illness, and COVID-19-positive patients with severe underlying diseases; in terms of hardware configuration, medical institutions are equipped with facilities and equipment to meet clinical treatment needs.
At the same time, Shanghai has established a treatment mechanism for early monitoring, early warning, early judgment, and early intervention for critically ill patients, focusing on patients with multiple underlying diseases.
According to Wang Xingpeng, Shanghai has made use of the comprehensive disciplinary advantages of the parent hospital of the municipal designated hospital to set up a hospital multidisciplinary specialist treatment group to study and judge the patients admitted to the affiliated hospital one by one; at the same time, 53 municipal expert teams with rich clinical experience in 15 specialties have been established. , using the urgently developed consultation platform system to implement list-based management of critically ill patients in designated municipal hospitals, conduct multidisciplinary joint rounds and consultations at fixed times every day, carry out treatment by one person and one policy, and adjust treatment plans in a timely manner.
Shanghai has also established 8 municipal-level expert rescue teams composed of more than 300 experts.
Each expert group is responsible for the designated hospitals and makeshift hospitals in 2 districts, and conducts joint consultations with the district-level expert group, guides the relevant treatment work, and promptly transfers critically ill patients to city-level designated hospitals for further treatment.
Zhao Dandan said that Shanghai will further coordinate the city's medical resources, increase the number of critically ill medical teams, smooth the referral channels, intervene in high-risk patients early, prevent mild to severe cases, and reduce the proportion of severe patients; at the same time, give full play to the traditional advantages of traditional Chinese medicine and strengthen the basic diseases. Specialized management, do a good job in consultation and guidance of difficult cases, and do our best to reduce the mortality rate.
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