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The Return of the Flu: Prevention and Management Beyond Vaccination in 2022—Expert Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Manage episode 352062162 series 3264057
In this episode, Tracy Zivin-Tutela, MD, answers audience questions on how best to care for patients at high risk of complications due to influenza from a live virtual meeting series. This episode includes expert insights on:
- Emerging resistance patterns of currently used antivirals
- Getting the flu vaccine after treatment with antivirals
- Use of antivirals in patients who test positive for flu and COVID-19
- Techniques and over-the-counter therapies other than yearly vaccination to avoid severe complications due to the flu
- Avoiding dairy after receiving baloxavir
- Insurance coverage for antivirals
- Considering bacterial and viral coinfection in patients with lung disease
- Retreating high-risk patients with antivirals after another flu exposure
- Calculating flu rates
Presenter:
Tracy Zivin-Tutela, MD
Attending Physician
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Los Alamitos Medical Center, Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
New Brunswick, California
Daniel Zalinov, PA-C
Atrium Health
Charlotte, North Carolina
Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/3GMokRC
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
90 episodes
Manage episode 352062162 series 3264057
In this episode, Tracy Zivin-Tutela, MD, answers audience questions on how best to care for patients at high risk of complications due to influenza from a live virtual meeting series. This episode includes expert insights on:
- Emerging resistance patterns of currently used antivirals
- Getting the flu vaccine after treatment with antivirals
- Use of antivirals in patients who test positive for flu and COVID-19
- Techniques and over-the-counter therapies other than yearly vaccination to avoid severe complications due to the flu
- Avoiding dairy after receiving baloxavir
- Insurance coverage for antivirals
- Considering bacterial and viral coinfection in patients with lung disease
- Retreating high-risk patients with antivirals after another flu exposure
- Calculating flu rates
Presenter:
Tracy Zivin-Tutela, MD
Attending Physician
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Los Alamitos Medical Center, Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
New Brunswick, California
Daniel Zalinov, PA-C
Atrium Health
Charlotte, North Carolina
Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/3GMokRC
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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