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  • Title: Medical referral of patients with acute respiratory failure: lessons learned from a large outbreak of botulism in northern Thailand.
    Author: Pantukosit S.
    Journal: J Med Assoc Thai; 2007 Jun; 90(6):1193-8. PubMed ID: 17624217.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: There was an outbreak of botulism in a district in Nan Province in upper northern Thailand. The outbreak occurred after the villagers took bamboo shoots preserved in a sealed bucket under anaerobic conditions (home-canned bamboo shoots). There were 209 people at risk, of whom 119 (56.9%) were hospitalized. Among the 119 cases, 42 (35.3%) needed ventilators. Of the 42 cases, 25 (59.5%) were transferred to another hospital. OBJECTIVE: Describe and review transferal processes of the 25 cases and document lessons learned for medical services response from a public health aspect. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Review of records and reports. RESULTS: All 25 cases were successfully transferred with no mishaps. The duration of transferal was less than 3 hours. CONCLUSION: Preparedness of local capacity to cope with botulism outbreak of this scale is important. However, it is also necessary to develop a good system for medical referral of severe cases, to be started early in the course of medical care.
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