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Pneumonia and Influenza Hospitalizations in Elderly People with Dementia
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 10/28/09

Naumova EN et al. – Rural and poor counties had the highest rate of P&I and percentage of influenza. Patients with dementia had a lower frequency of influenza diagnosis, a shorter length of hospital stay, and 1.5 times as high a rate of death as the national average. The results suggest strong disparities in healthcare practices in rural locations and vulnerable populations; infrastructure, proximity, and access to healthcare are significant predictors of influenza morbidity and mortality. These findings have important implications for influenza vaccination, testing, and treatment policies and practices targeting the growing fraction of patients with cognitive impairment.

Factors Associated With Death or Hospitalization Due to Pandemic 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Infection in California
JAMA, 11/04/09 Relevance Score: 81%

The first Pandemic of the 21st Century: A Review of the 2009 Pandemic Variant Influenza A (H1N1) Virus
Postgraduate Medicine, 10/02/09 Relevance Score: 80%

Importance of Routine Public Health Influenza Surveillance: Detection of an Unusual W-Shaped Influenza Morbidity Curve
American Journal of Epidemiology, 11/11/09 Relevance Score: 68%

Using Complementary and Alternative Medicines to Target the Host Response during Severe Influenza
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 10/05/09 Relevance Score: 68%

Differential susceptibility of different cell lines to swine-origin influenza A H1N1, seasonal human influenza A H1N1, and avian influenza A H5N1 viruses
Journal of Clinical Virology, 10/06/09 Relevance Score: 67%