@article{7ba18bafcbc34ee29925045d24f64705,
title = "Heavy alcohol use as a risk factor for severe outcomes among adults hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza, 2005-2012",
abstract = "We examined heavy alcohol use as a risk factor for severe influenza (intensive care admission or death) among hospitalized adults. In <65- and ≥65-year-olds, heavy alcohol use increased disease severity [relative risk (RR) 1.34; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.04-1.74, and RR 2.47; 95% CI: 1.69-3.60, respectively]. Influenza vaccination and early, empiric antiviral treatment should be emphasized in this population.",
keywords = "Alcohol abuse, Influenza, Vaccination",
author = "A. Greenbaum and Chaves, {S. S.} and A. Perez and D. Aragon and A. Bandyopadhyay and N. Bennett and B. Fowler and E. Hancock and R. Lynfield and C. McDonald-Hamm and A. Reingold and P. Ryan and W. Schaffner and R. Sharangpani and M. Spencer and A. Thomas and K. Yousey-Hindes and S. Zansky and L. Finelli",
note = "Funding Information: We are thankful to all the participating state health departments and state public health laboratories from California, Connecticut, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention{\textquoteright}s Emerging Infections Program. The Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET) is supported by cooperative agreement numbers CDC-RFA-CK12-1202 and 5U38HM000414 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ",
year = "2014",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1007/s15010-013-0534-8",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "42",
pages = "165--170",
journal = "Infection",
issn = "0300-8126",
number = "1",
}