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Influenza Vaccination Modestly Reduces Risk of Hospitalizations in Patients With COPD
Key clinical point: Influenza vaccination reduces the risk of hospitalizations associated with influenza in patients with COPD.
Major finding: Vaccine effectiveness ranged from 22% to 43% in various analyses.
Study details: A test-negative study of influenza vaccination effectiveness in 21,748 patients with COPD.
Disclosures: Canadian government grants funded the study.
Citation:
Gershon AS et al. J Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 24. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz419.