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WHO Issues Updated Guidance on Clinical Management of H1N1 Infection

Publication Date: November 2009

Summary
This guidance provides updated information for health care providers managing patients with suspected or confirmed pandemic (H1N1) 2009. It incorporates knowledge gained about clinical features of pandemic influenza through international consultations.

Key Topics:

• Risk factors for severe disease
• Signs and symptoms of progressive disease diagnosis
• Treatment, both outpatient and in hospitals
• Clinical care for resource-poor settings

 Download Clinical management of human infection
with pandemic (H1N1) 2009: revised guidance (304 KB)

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