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2013-2014 Influenza Season: Updates and Recommendations for Clinicians
= No Continuing Education
Date: Thursday, January 23, 2014
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Dial-In: 888-233-9077
Passcode: 8207177
Access Webinar: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.p...&p=8207177&t=c
Presenter(s):
Angela Campbell, MD, MPH
Medical Officer
Influenza Division
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Clinician Panelist(s):
Pauline K. Park, MD, FACS, FCCM
Professor of Surgery
Co-Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
University of Michigan
Lena M. Napolitano MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM Professor of Surgery
Division Chief, Acute Care Surgery
Associate Chair of Surgery, Department of Surgery
Director, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
University of Michigan
Janet V. Diaz, MD
Consultant, Intensive Care and Pulmonary Medicine
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Martinez California
Overview:
This influenza season, CDC has received a number of reports of severe respiratory illness among young and middle-aged adults, many of whom were infected with influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 (pH1N1) virus. Multiple pH1N1-associated hospitalizations, including many requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and some fatalities have been reported. For the 2013-14 season, if pH1N1 virus continues to circulate widely, illness that disproportionately affects young and middle-aged adults may occur. Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for all persons aged 6 months and older, and is the best way to prevent influenza. However, available evidence consistently indicates that antiviral treatment, when initiated as early as possible in patients with confirmed or suspected influenza, can reduce severe outcomes of influenza. During this COCA conference call, critical care physicians will comment on their recent experiences caring for patients with severe influenza, and a CDC subject matter expert will summarize the 2013-14 season to date and review CDC recommendations for health care providers including the use of antiviral medications for the treatment of influenza.
Additional Call Resources:
= No Continuing Education Date: Thursday, January 23, 2014
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Dial-In: 888-233-9077
Passcode: 8207177
Access Webinar: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.p...&p=8207177&t=c
Presenter(s):
Angela Campbell, MD, MPH
Medical Officer
Influenza Division
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Clinician Panelist(s):
Pauline K. Park, MD, FACS, FCCM
Professor of Surgery
Co-Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
University of Michigan
Lena M. Napolitano MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM Professor of Surgery
Division Chief, Acute Care Surgery
Associate Chair of Surgery, Department of Surgery
Director, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
University of Michigan
Janet V. Diaz, MD
Consultant, Intensive Care and Pulmonary Medicine
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Martinez California
Overview:
This influenza season, CDC has received a number of reports of severe respiratory illness among young and middle-aged adults, many of whom were infected with influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 (pH1N1) virus. Multiple pH1N1-associated hospitalizations, including many requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and some fatalities have been reported. For the 2013-14 season, if pH1N1 virus continues to circulate widely, illness that disproportionately affects young and middle-aged adults may occur. Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for all persons aged 6 months and older, and is the best way to prevent influenza. However, available evidence consistently indicates that antiviral treatment, when initiated as early as possible in patients with confirmed or suspected influenza, can reduce severe outcomes of influenza. During this COCA conference call, critical care physicians will comment on their recent experiences caring for patients with severe influenza, and a CDC subject matter expert will summarize the 2013-14 season to date and review CDC recommendations for health care providers including the use of antiviral medications for the treatment of influenza.
Additional Call Resources:
- CDC Health Alert Network (HAN) Notice to Clinicians: Early Reports of pH1N1-Associated Illness for the 2013-14 Influenza Season
- CDC Seasonal Influenza Information for Health Professionals
- CDC Seasonal Influenza Antiviral Drugs
- CDC Flu Activity Reports and Surveillance Methods in the United States
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