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Swine flu could cause bed shortages
25/11/2009
 There could be a shortage of intensive care beds for children with swine flu, according to medical researchers.
Writing in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, researchers from Cambridge University estimated that 3.8 per cent of those aged 15 and under who are admitted to hospital for swine flu would require an intensive care bed.
They also estimated that between one and two per cent of all people with swine flu would need hospital treatment. The two combined could lead to between 50 per cent and 100 per cent of children's intensive beds being filled at the peak of the flu pandemic.
NHS figures show that children and young people aged 16 and under are most likely to be admitted to hospital with swine flu, while an analysis of deaths from the illness in England shows that one in five are among children aged 14 and under.
To try to prevent further deaths, the Department of Health has said the number of intensive care beds for children could be expanded from 363 to 700 at the peak of a flu pandemic.
Yesterday, a Nursing Times survey of 1,000 nurses found that three out of four nurses said their part of the NHS was under greater pressure than this time last year, with bed occupancy and staff shortages partly to blame.
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