Search results for "Influenza"
Rapid antiviral treatment lowers mortality in hospitalized flu patients with pneumonia
The proportion of patients with influenza who were admitted to the ICU, received mechanical ventilation, or died increased with every additional day from admission until starting antiviral treatment, according to an analysis of CDC data from 2012 to 2019.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/04/rapid-antiviral-treatment-lowers-mortality-in-hospitalized-flu-patients-with-pneumonia.htm
4 Sep 2024
Laws promoting flu vaccination in hospital workers associated with improved mortality rates
From 1995 to 2017, 13 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws on flu vaccine in hospital workers, most requiring hospitals to provide vaccination onsite for employees and some mandating vaccination or face masks for unvaccinated workers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/01/13/3.htm
13 Jan 2021
September 4, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/04/
Nearly 12% of inpatients with influenza had acute cardiovascular events, CDC study finds
Adult patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza who experienced acute cardiovascular events had a median length of stay of five days, with 31% admitted to the ICU, 14% requiring mechanical ventilation, and 7% dying in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/26/4.htm
26 Aug 2020
Fungal, bacterial pathogens in lungs differ in severe influenza versus COVID-19
Potential bacterial pathogens and aspergillosis were detected in 20% and 38% of patients with influenza and 37% and 31% of those with COVID-19, respectively, in a recent Belgian study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/19/free/fungal-bacterial-pathogens-in-lungs-differ-in-severe-influenza-versus-covid-19.htm
19 Jun 2024
Hospitalizations for heart failure, but not MI, more common during influenza season
During influenza seasons from 2010 to 2014, a 5% monthly increase in influenza activity was associated with a 24% increase in heart failure hospitalizations within the same month.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/03/2.htm
3 Apr 2019
Oseltamivir effectiveness may vary by flu strain in severely ill patients, study finds
Early treatment with oseltamivir in the ICU was associated with significantly lower mortality rates in patients with influenza A/H3N2 but appeared to have no effect in patients with influenza A/H1N1 or B.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/13/2.htm
13 Feb 2019
June 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/06/
Influenza vaccination administration during hospitalization appears to be safe
Compared with patients who were never vaccinated or were vaccinated at other times, those who received influenza vaccinations in the hospital had a lower risk of several outcomes, including readmissions, in the week after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/16/2.htm
16 Jan 2019
December 20, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/20/