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How Influenza and illness interferes with work - Dr. Sheetu Singh

How Influenza and Illness Interferes With Work | Treatment of Influenza and COVID-19 Treatment | Dr. Sheetu Singh www.drsheetusingh.com

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How Influenza and illness interferes with work - Dr. Sheetu Singh

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  1. Influenza and influenza-like illness interferes with work & leisure time activities Effectiveness at work: 4.6(scale of 1 to 10 (fully effective) Work loss 2.8 days Caregiver assistance: 0.4 days Interference with activities at home reported by 73% Confined to bed 2.4 days Interference with leisure activities reported by 84% N=411 patients with influenza or influenza-like illness completed questionnaires on entry to study &after 28 days Source: Keech M, Scott AJ, Ryan PJ. The impact of influenza and influenza-like illness on productivity and healthcare resource utilization in a working population. Occup Med (Lond). 1998 Feb;48(2):85-90.

  2. Challenges in the management of influenza

  3. Indications: Antiviral drugs • Pts at risk &their household contacts, who have not (yet) been vaccinated at the time when influenza infections are becoming widespread in an area • Control of an outbreak in a (semi-)closed community (e.g. nursing home) • Patients at risk with a known hypersensitivity to chicken proteins (contraindication for vaccination) • Vaccine mismatch between vaccine component and circulating virus strain • Pandemic threat with no vaccine (yet) available Source: Prevention and control of influenza. Recommendations ACIP. MMWR Recomm Rep 2004; 53 (RR-6): 1–40

  4. Vaccination remains the method of choice for influenza prophylaxis Vaccination is the primary &single most cost-effective method of preventing influenza Source: www.rapidreferenceinfluenza.comas accessed on 18thnov 2015, at 3:15pm

  5. Recommendations: Global Bodies CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1 ACIP Advisory committee on Immunization Practices1 IAP Indian Academy of Pediatrics2 GOLD Global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease6 NIH National Heart, lung and Blood institute4 ICS Indian Chest Society5 • Source: 1. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6332a3.htm as accessed on 5th August 2015, at 11:47am. 2. http://www.indianpediatrics.net/sep2013/867.pdf as accessed on 5th August 2015, at 11:57am. 3. Bellamy D et al. International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) Guidelines: management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Prim Care Respir J. 2006 Feb;15(1):48-57. 4. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/guidelines/06_sec3_comp3.pdf as accessed on 5th August 2015, at 12:05pm. 5.Dheeraj Gupta et al. Guidelines for diagnosis and management of community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia in adults: Joint ICS/NCCP(I) recommendations. Lung India. 2012 Jul-Sep; 29(Suppl 2): S27–S62.. http://www.goldcopd.org/uploads/users/files/GOLD_Pocket_2015_Feb18.pdf

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