Search results for "Influenza"
Studies describe H5N1 avian influenza cases of 2024
Almost all H5N1 cases reported to the CDC in recent months were associated with animal exposure and led to mild illness, but a Canadian adolescent got severely ill with a variant that showed significant mutations, new research revealed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/08/studies-describe-h5n1-avian-influenza-cases-of-2024.htm
8 Jan 2025
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
FDA approves self-administration of nasal flu vaccine
The FDA announced that the nasal spray vaccine may now be administered by patients and caregivers, among other recent actions. A prescription is still required.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/02/fda-approves-self-administration-of-nasal-flu-vaccine.htm
2 Oct 2024
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
January 8, 2025
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/08/
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
Oseltamivir on day of admission associated with improved flu outcomes
A prospective, observational analysis of 840 influenza-positive patients in U.S. hospitals in the 2022 to 2023 season found that only about half got oseltamivir on the day of admission, and they had significantly lower risk of death or ICU admission than those who got the drug later or not at all.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/11/oseltamivir-on-day-of-admission-associated-with-improved-flu-outcomes.htm
11 Dec 2024
Nearly half of deaths among patients hospitalized for flu occur postdischarge
Only 37% of patients who died within 30 days of discharge from an influenza hospitalization had flu listed as a cause of death and this was less likely the longer the time between hospitalization and death, indicating that the link may be underappreciated, according to a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/13/nearly-half-of-deaths-among-patients-hospitalized-for-flu-occur-postdischarge.htm
13 Nov 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
Outcomes similar with hospital-acquired COVID-19 vs. flu, Swiss study finds
A comparison of patients who developed symptomatic omicron-variant COVID-19 or flu during hospitalization found similar case-fatality rates at 6.2% and 6.1%, respectively. ICU admission was required for 2.4% of those with COVID-19 versus 2.6% with influenza.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/20/free/outcomes-similar-with-hospital-acquired-covid-19-vs-flu-swiss-study-finds.htm
20 Nov 2024