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Am J Cardiol . Influence of Influenza Infection on In-Hospital Acute Myocardial Infarction Outcomes

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Am J Cardiol


. 2020 Jun 7;S0002-9149(20)30556-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.05.045. Online ahead of print.
Influence of Influenza Infection on In-Hospital Acute Myocardial Infarction Outcomes


Byomesh Tripathi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Varun Kumar[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ankur Kalra[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Tanush Gupta[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Abhishek C Sawant[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Purnima Sharma[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shilpkumar Arora[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Muhammad S Panhwar[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Radha Gopalan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Abhishek Deshmukh[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Ashish Pershad[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Martha Gulati[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Deepak L Bhatt[SUP] 8 [/SUP]



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Abstract

Influenza is associated with significant morbidity in the United States but its influence on in-hospital outcomes in patients with AMI has not been well studied. The Nationwide Readmission Database (NRD) from 2010 to 2014 was queried using the International Classification of Diseases-Ninth edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes to identify all patients ≥18 years who were admitted for AMI with and without concurrent influenza. Propensity score matching was used to adjust patients' baseline characteristics and co-morbidities. In-hospital mortality, 30-day readmission rates, in-hospital complications, and resource utilization were analyzed. We identified a total of 2,428,361 patients admitted with AMI, of whom 3,006 (0.12%) had coexisting influenza. We noted significantly higher in-hospital mortality (7.7% vs 5.6%, p <0.01) and 30-day readmission rates (15.8% vs 14.1%, p <0.01) in patients with influenza compared with those without it. After propensity matching, the differences in in-hospital mortality and 30-day readmission were no longer statistically significant between the groups. Patients with influenza had a higher incidence of acute kidney injury (30.9% vs 24.6%, p <0.01), acute respiratory failure (50.2% vs 32.2%, p <0.01), need for mechanical ventilation (13.9% vs 9.2%, p <0.01), and sepsis (10% vs 3.8%, p <0.01) in the matched cohort. Patients with influenza had longer hospital stays (8.4 days vs 6.4 days, p <0.01) and mean costs of care (26,200USD vs 23,400USD, p <0.01). In conclusion, AMI patients with concomitant influenza infection had higher in-hospital mortality, 30-day readmission, in-hospital complications, and higher resource utilization compared with those without influenza.
 
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