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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
86 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
86 episodes
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