Influenza vaccination and reduction in hospitalizations for cardiac disease and stroke among the elderly.
By K. Nichol, J. Nordin, J. Mullooly, R. Lask, K. Fillbrandt, M. Iwane. New England Journal of Medicine, 2003
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Subfields: Epidemiology
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- ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008 ‡ (2008, neutral): “† Pneumoccocal vaccination and annual influenza vaccination should be considered in patients with symptomatic HF without known contraindications.(84)”
- Influenza-associated hospitalizations in the United States. (2004, background): “Other studies also suggest that influenza virus activity is associated with an increase in hospitalizations for a broad range of cardiopulmonary diagnoses, and not just primary pneumoniaand influenzadischarges.(11,19)”
- European Guidelines on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (Version 2012) (2012, positive): “Influenza vaccination as a population-wide prevention measure was associated with a very cost-effective reduction in clinical events.(171) Annual influenza vaccinations are recommended for patients with established CVD.”
- Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults (2007, background): “A recent large observational study of adults 65 years of age found that vaccination against influenza was associated with a reduction in the risk of hospitalization for cardiac disease (19% reduction), cerebrovascular disease (16%–23% reduction), and pneumonia or influenza (29%–32% reduction) and a ”
- Update of Practice Guidelines for the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompetent Adults (2003, background): “death due to all causes (48%–50% reduction) [117].”