TY - JOUR T1 - Prescribing in a pandemic: best use of oseltamivir in paediatric intensive care JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 902 LP - 903 DO - 10.1136/adc.2010.183806 VL - 96 IS - 9 AU - A C Seale AU - F S Toussaint AU - A Finn AU - J I Fraser Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/96/9/902.abstract N2 - During the first summer wave of the 2009 pandemic caused by H1N1 Swine-Origin Flu Virus (H1N1), in contrast to some other areas in the UK,1 there was only one H1N1-positive paediatric admission to Bristol Children's Hospital paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Guidelines for the care of children admitted critically ill were published online by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the UK on 24 October 2009,2 advising that treatment should be started on clinical grounds, without waiting for results, in all children with fever and critical illness (defined in this study as needing PICU admission) since oseltamivir is most effective if given within 48 h … ER -