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- Karin Hillenbrand, MD
- Brody School of Medicine East Carolina University Greenville, NC
Influenza infection results in significant morbidity each year for children in the United States. Although usually a self-limited illness, influenza may result in complications, including pneumonia, Reye syndrome, myositis, febrile seizures, and acute encephalopathy. Hospitalization, severe disease, and disease complications are more likely in children younger than 2 years of age and in those who have risk factors, including asthma or other chronic pulmonary disease, significant cardiac disease, immunocompromising conditions, chronic renal disease, hemoglobinopathies, and metabolic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus. The risk of influenza infection can be reduced significantly by annual administration of influenza vaccine, which is recommended for high-risk children and their contacts and for all children younger than 2 years of age. Although not a substitute for vaccination, antiviral agents are …
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