Search Tag: Influenza

Cardiology Management

Esccongress-mortality-benefits-with-high-dose-influenza-vaccines

2022 27 Aug

Findings from the DANFLU-1 trial presented at the ESC Congress in Barcelona show that high-dose influenza vaccination in older adults reduces the risk of death by 49% and the incidence of hospitalisation for influenza or pneumonia by 64% compared with standard-dose vaccination.  Several studies have previously investigated the association between...Read more

Executive Health Management

Covid-19-vs-influenza-comparative-study

2021 20 Mar

New research compares the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients against those of influenza patients to find if hospitalis ations, morbidity and mortality differ for two diseases.   You might also like: WHO has launched a free online course dedicated to the rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients. Learn more...Read more

ICU Management

Pulmonary-pathobiology-of-covid-19

2020 27 May

The primary cause of death with COVID-19 is progressive respiratory failure. However, despite the widespread infection rates associated with COVID, very little is known about the pathophysiology of the disease. What clinicians do know is that the pathological features resemble acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and progressive hypoxia. But...Read more

ICU Management

Volume-19-issue-4-winter-2019-2020

2020 15 Jan

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ICU Management

A-framework-for-addressing-seasonal-influenza-a-critical-care-perspective

2020 15 Jan

Seasonal influenza remains a significant health burden and places tremendous and predictable strain on personnel and resources within a health system, specifically within critical care. Despite this, many institutions do not have a comprehensive influenza management plan. Effective and comprehensive critical care management of influenza requires...Read more

ICU Management

Understanding-the-influenza-virus

2019 25 Jul

Diagnosis of the Influenza virus remains a challenge in the ICU. It is vital that knowledge of its pathophysiology and epidemiology is known so clinicians can make informed decisions regarding their patients’ health.   The Influenza virus is found most commonly to replicate in the respiratory tract in humans. This is mainly due to the haemagglutinin...Read more

Cardiology Management

Influenza-activity-associated-with-an-increase-in-hospitalisation-for-cv-events

2019 04 Apr

In a recent study study, surveillance data from 4 US communities was used to associate monthly influenza-like illness (ILI) activity as reported by the CDC with MI and HF hospitalisations. Influenza-like illness activity was associated with an increase in HF hospitalisations within the same month. Myocardial infarction was positively but not significantly...Read more

Cardiology Management

Increased-hospitalisation-for-ami-linked-to-influenza

2019 09 Jan

According to the World Health Organization, each year approximately 3 to 5 million cases of influenza and nearly 300,000 to 650,000 respiratory deaths worldwide can be attributed to influenza. Vulnerable patients, including elderly patients, pregnant women, and immunocompromised patients are at a greater risk of developing influenza-related complications....Read more

ICU Management

Real-time-surveillance-of-influenza-morbidity

2017 13 Dec

Morbidity and mortality associated with influenza are routinely analysed retrospectively. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also releases weekly data on hospitalisations and mortality due to lab-confirmed cases of influenza. In addition, through its online Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET), CDC provides...Read more

IT Management

Predictive-cold-flu-tracker

2015 01 Nov

When social media is abuzz with tweets about cold and flu, it's more likely that actual viruses are spreading. Based on a study of online flu conversations that found a strong correlation between these conversations and actual flu cases last year, researchers launched a cold and flu conversation tracker that is a social predictor of the flu. The "Cold...Read more

Pharmacy Management

Oseltamivir-effective-against-influenza

2015 02 Feb

This year, the flu vaccine is not considered to be a good match for the current strain of influenza. Keeping that in mind, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended the use of antiviral drugs to help treat it. Antivirals have often been criticised for being ineffective but new evidence indicates that they can alleviate...Read more

ICU Management

Who-critical-care-training-for-tajik-clinicians

2015 30 Jan

World Health Organization (WHO) influenza experts have recently conducted a clinical workshop for front-line clinicians working in intensive care units (ICUs) across Tajikistan. As the health professionals primarily responsible for the management of severe cases of influenza infection, these clinicians are likely to be the first to detect severe cases...Read more

IT Management

Algorithm-identifies-onset-of-local-flu-outbreaks

2014 21 Nov

Predicting the beginning of influenza outbreaks is notoriously difficult, but researchers have devised a new method that makes it easier for hospitals and public health departments to determine the onset of elevated influenza activity at the community level. The researchers say their algorithm or statistical technique, called Above Local Elevated Respiratory...Read more

Executive Health Management

Seasonal-flu-vaccine-linked-to-lower-stroke-risk

2014 24 Feb

A recent study conducted by a team of academics from the UK’s University of Lincoln and The University of Nottingham, and published in the scientific journal Vaccine, has found that patients who had been vaccinated against influenza were 24% less likely to suffer a stroke in the same flu season. During previous research in 2010 the same team...Read more

ICU Management

New-approaches-to-understanding-infection-may-uncover-novel-therapies-against-influenza

2013 09 Jul

The influenza virus’ ability to mutate quickly has produced new, emerging strains that make drug discovery more critical than ever. For the first time, researchers at Seattle BioMed, along with collaborators at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the University of Washington, have...Read more

Executive Health Management

New-toolkit-available-to-support-influenza-communication-campaigns

2013 02 May

The new communication toolkit for seasonal influenza targets healthcare workers and people at higher risk of developing influenza-related complications. It is built on the most recent scientific studies to raise awareness on the following key messages: Influenza can cause serious complications resulting in hospitalisation or even death; Specific...Read more