Flu Vax does not show protective effect with ER respiratory admissions

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" influenza vaccine did not show a protective effect on emergency

respiratory admissions overall "

Vaccine. 2007 Sep 21; : 17935837

A case-control study of elderly patients with acute respiratory illness:

Effect of influenza vaccination on admission to hospital in winter

2003-2004.

Every winter, hospitals face a large increase in emergency respiratory

admissions in elderly people. A case-control study was undertaken to assess

the effect of routine influenza vaccine in preventing such admissions among

a cohort of UK elderly presenting with acute respiratory illness during

winter 2003-2004. 157 hospitalised cases and 639 controls (matched for age,

sex and week of consultation) were interviewed. In a winter typical of

levels of circulating influenza in recent years, influenza vaccine did not

show a protective effect on emergency respiratory admissions overall

(adjusted OR 1.2 (95%CI 0.8, 1.9). Policy makers should not rely solely on

influenza vaccine routinely having a large effect on winter pressures, and

should focus on additional preventive strategies.

http://www.library.nhs.uk/rss/newsAndRssArticle.aspx?uri=http://www.library.

nhs.uk/resources/?id=271182

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