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The Return of the Flu: Prevention and Management Beyond Vaccination in 2022—Expert Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Episode Summary

Listen to experts in infectious diseases answer questions from a live, virtual meeting series on the prevention and treatment of patients at high risk for complications due to influenza.

Episode Notes

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