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
2021
Hospital-acquired influenza in the United States, FluSurv-NET, 2011–2012 through 2018–2019
Cummings C, O’Halloran A, Azenkot T, Reingold A, Alden N, Meek J, Anderson E, Ryan P, Kim S, McMahon M, McMullen C, Spina N, Bennett N, Billing L, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Talbot H, George A, Reed C, Garg S. Hospital-acquired influenza in the United States, FluSurv-NET, 2011–2012 through 2018–2019. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2021, 43: 1447-1453. PMID: 34607624, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.392.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital-acquired influenzaInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsHA influenzaHospital infection control measuresInfluenza Hospitalization Surveillance NetworkFacility-based testingPositive test dateRespiratory symptom onsetAnnual influenza vaccinationHA casesInfection control measuresSymptom onset dateCross-sectional studyYears of agePopulation-based ratesInfluenza vaccinationClinical characteristicsICU careSymptom onsetInfluenza vaccineMechanical ventilationSevere outcomesPatient outcomesInfluenza casesHospitalization
2015
Improving Accuracy of Influenza-Associated Hospitalization Rate Estimates - Volume 21, Number 9—September 2015 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Millman A, Reed C, Kirley P, Aragon D, Meek J, Farley M, Ryan P, Collins J, Lynfield R, Baumbach J, Zansky S, Bennett N, Fowler B, Thomas A, Lindegren M, Atkinson A, Finelli L, Chaves S. Improving Accuracy of Influenza-Associated Hospitalization Rate Estimates - Volume 21, Number 9—September 2015 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2015, 21: 1595-1601. PMID: 26292017, PMCID: PMC4550134, DOI: 10.3201/eid2109.141665.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYears of ageHospitalization ratesAdults 18Test sensitivityLaboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizationsNational population-based surveillance systemLaboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizationsPopulation-based surveillance systemInfectious Diseases journal - CDCInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsDiagnostic test typeFluSurv-NETInfluenza hospitalizationsInfluenza seasonPatient ageAge groupsTranscription-PCRAgeHospitalizationDiagnostic test sensitivitySensitive testAdultsSurveillance systemChildrenYears
2014
Child, Household, and Caregiver Characteristics Associated with Hospitalization for Influenza Among Children 6–59 Months of Age
Dharan N, Sokolow L, Cheng P, Gargiullo P, Gershman K, Lynfield R, Morin C, Thomas A, Meek J, Farley M, Arnold K, Reingold A, Craig A, Schaffner W, Bennett N, Zansky S, Baumbach J, Lathrop S, Kamimoto L, Shay D. Child, Household, and Caregiver Characteristics Associated with Hospitalization for Influenza Among Children 6–59 Months of Age. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2014, 33: e141-e150. PMID: 24642518, PMCID: PMC4025593, DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000000283.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonths of ageChildren 6Influenza hospitalizationsInfluenza illnessInfluenza vaccinationMaternal ageRisk factorsSevere outcomesChronic illnessEmerging Infections Program sitesLaboratory-confirmed influenza infectionIndependent risk factorInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsYoung maternal ageCase-control studyConditional logistic regressionYoung childrenHematologic/Influenza immunizationHousehold smokingEligible casesInfluenza infectionNeurologic conditionsEligible controlsMedical records
2010
Adult Hospitalizations for Laboratory-Positive Influenza during the 2005–2006 through 2007–2008 Seasons in the United States
Dao C, Kamimoto L, Nowell M, Reingold A, Gershman K, Meek J, Arnold K, Farley M, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Morin C, Baumbach J, Hancock E, Zansky S, Bennett N, Thomas A, Vandermeer M, Kirschke D, Schaffner W, Finelli L. Adult Hospitalizations for Laboratory-Positive Influenza during the 2005–2006 through 2007–2008 Seasons in the United States. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2010, 202: 881-888. PMID: 20677944, DOI: 10.1086/655904.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsInfluenza seasonEmerging Infections Program NetworkEmerging Infections Program sitesHospitalization discharge diagnosesInfections Program NetworkInfluenza-associated complicationsRate of hospitalizationLaboratory-positive casesAge-specific ratesTypes/subtypesAdult hospitalizationsHospitalization surveillanceClinical characteristicsInfluenza B.Discharge diagnosisMedical conditionsHospitalizationMetabolic diseasesIncreased circulationInfluenza virusOverall rateInfluenzaPredominant seasonsAgeInfluenza Testing and Antiviral Prescribing Practices Among Emergency Department Clinicians in 9 States During the 2006 to 2007 Influenza Season
Mueller M, Smith P, Baumbach J, Palumbo J, Meek J, Gershman K, Vandermeer M, Thomas A, Long C, Belflower R, Spina N, Martin K, Lynfield R, Openo K, Kirley P, Pasutti L, Barnes B, Schaffner W, Kamimoto L. Influenza Testing and Antiviral Prescribing Practices Among Emergency Department Clinicians in 9 States During the 2006 to 2007 Influenza Season. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2010, 55: 32-39. PMID: 20116012, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.09.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency department cliniciansInfluenza testingAntiviral medicationsInfluenza seasonED cliniciansClinician testingTreatment decisionsEmerging Infections Program NetworkTreatment practicesInfections Program NetworkInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsType of hospitalFirst-line providersInfluenza medicationsAntiviral useTreatment guidelinesHospital EDPrescribing practicesHospital testingInfluenza diseaseActive surveillanceClinical guidelinesClinicians' perceptionsHospital typeMedications