Real-Time Surveillance of Influenza Morbidity: Tracking Intensive Care Unit Resource Utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Existing real-time surveillance of influenza morbidity, based primarily on time-trended U.S. hospitalization and death data, is inadequate. These surveillance methods do not accurately predict hospital resource requirements or sufficiently capture the public health impact of the current influenza season.

Objectives

To determine the feasibility and potential usefulness of tracking surrogate markers of influenza morbidity among patients hospitalized with influenza.

Methods

We performed a pilot study at three tertiary care referral hospitals and retrospectively collected and analyzed data on patients admitted with influenza during the 2013-2014 influenza season. We analyzed traditional influenza surveillance metrics, including weekly statistics on admissions an

SUBMITTER: Baker AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5711258 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature