Outcomes and prognostic features of patients with influenza requiring hospitalization and receiving early antiviral therapy: A Prospective Multicenter-Cohort Study.

Conclusions: Among the prognostic factors, malnutrition and pneumonia are amenable to medical intervention. There is an opportunity to improve empiric therapy for patients with HCAP and influenza. Trial registration: Japan Medical Association Center for Clinical Trials JMA-IIA00123. PMID: 26203671 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Chest - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Chest Source Type: research