2022
Rates of Severe Influenza-Associated Outcomes Among Older Adults Living With Diabetes—Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET), 2012–2017
Owusu D, Rolfes M, Arriola C, Kirley P, Alden N, Meek J, Anderson E, Monroe M, Kim S, Lynfield R, Angeles K, Spina N, Felsen C, Billing L, Thomas A, Talbot H, Schaffner W, Chatelain R, Reed C, Garg S. Rates of Severe Influenza-Associated Outcomes Among Older Adults Living With Diabetes—Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET), 2012–2017. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac131. PMID: 35450083, PMCID: PMC9017364, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfluenza-associated outcomesInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsDiabetes mellitusOlder adultsHospital deathMechanical ventilationRate ratioLaboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizationsInfluenza Hospitalization Surveillance NetworkIntensive care unit admissionImpact of DMPopulation-based surveillance systemStatistics population dataCare unit admissionInfluenza virus infectionConfidence intervalsHigh rateUnit admissionHospitalized adultsICU admissionInfluenza illnessPooled rateAnnual vaccinationEarly treatmentVirus infection
2015
Impact of Prompt Influenza Antiviral Treatment on Extended Care Needs After Influenza Hospitalization Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Chaves S, Pérez A, Miller L, Bennett N, Bandyopadhyay A, Farley M, Fowler B, Hancock E, Kirley P, Lynfield R, Ryan P, Morin C, Schaffner W, Sharangpani R, Lindegren M, Tengelsen L, Thomas A, Hill M, Bradley K, Oni O, Meek J, Zansky S, Widdowson M, Finelli L. Impact of Prompt Influenza Antiviral Treatment on Extended Care Needs After Influenza Hospitalization Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015, 61: 1807-1814. PMID: 26334053, DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ733.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIllness onsetCommunity-dwelling adultsAntiviral treatmentExtended careCare needsEarly treatmentInfluenza hospitalizationsHospital dischargeIntensive care unit admissionLaboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizationsOlder adultsCommunity-dwelling older adultsInfluenza antiviral treatmentPrompt antiviral treatmentCare unit admissionImpact of influenzaLength of stayRisk survival analysisUnit admissionHospital lengthInfluenza seasonShortens hospitalizationNeurologic disordersRehabilitation facilityAntiviral agents