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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infection. 2013 Nov 16. [Epub ahead of print]
Heavy alcohol use as a risk factor for severe outcomes among adults hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza, 2005-2012.
Greenbaum A, Chaves SS, Perez A, Aragon D, Bandyopadhyay A, Bennett N, Fowler B, Hancock E, Lynfield R, McDonald-Hamm C, Reingold A, Ryan P, Schaffner W, Sharangpani R, Spencer M, Thomas A, Yousey-Hindes K, Zansky S, Finelli L.
Source
Epidemic Intelligence Service Assigned to Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA, agreenbaum@jhmi.edu.
Abstract
We examined heavy alcohol use as a risk factor for severe influenza (intensive care admission or death) among hospitalized adults. In <65- and ≥65-year-olds, heavy alcohol use increased disease severity [relative risk (RR) 1.34; 95 % confidence interval (CI): 1.04-1.74, and RR 2.47; 95 % CI: 1.69-3.60, respectively]. Influenza vaccination and early, empiric antiviral treatment should be emphasized in this population.
PMID:
24243481
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24243481
Heavy alcohol use as a risk factor for severe outcomes among adults hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza, 2005-2012.
Greenbaum A, Chaves SS, Perez A, Aragon D, Bandyopadhyay A, Bennett N, Fowler B, Hancock E, Lynfield R, McDonald-Hamm C, Reingold A, Ryan P, Schaffner W, Sharangpani R, Spencer M, Thomas A, Yousey-Hindes K, Zansky S, Finelli L.
Source
Epidemic Intelligence Service Assigned to Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA, agreenbaum@jhmi.edu.
Abstract
We examined heavy alcohol use as a risk factor for severe influenza (intensive care admission or death) among hospitalized adults. In <65- and ≥65-year-olds, heavy alcohol use increased disease severity [relative risk (RR) 1.34; 95 % confidence interval (CI): 1.04-1.74, and RR 2.47; 95 % CI: 1.69-3.60, respectively]. Influenza vaccination and early, empiric antiviral treatment should be emphasized in this population.
PMID:
24243481
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24243481