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7979851

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-15
pubmed:abstractText
Influenza and pneumococcal infections are important causes of hospitalization and death among individuals who are elderly or who have chronic illnesses. Influenza and pneumococcal vaccines may prevent these infections and their complications, but most high-risk patients have not received them. Doubts about their effectiveness, fears of side effects, and the lack of programs to promote their use contribute to the underuse of these vaccines. Although adequate controlled trials in high-risk patients are lacking, there is observational evidence that they are moderately effective, reducing serious complications of influenza and pneumococcal infections by about one-half. They are cost-effective compared with other preventive interventions and may be cost saving. Their safety has been demonstrated in numerous studies. Health care providers should promote influenza and pneumococcal vaccination. Strategies that have been shown to be successful in increasing the use of these vaccines include provider education and feedback, flagging charts of vaccination candidates, mailed reminders to patients without fall appointments, standing orders for nurses to administer the vaccines, walk-in vaccination clinics, and vaccination of hospitalized patients at discharge.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0003-9926
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
154
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2545-57
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevention of respiratory infections in adults. Influenza and pneumococcal vaccines.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Review