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Flu is sending more and more to hospital.
2004 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of people hospitalized in the United States because of the flu has climbed substantially over the past 2 decades to an average of more than 200,000 a year, in large part because of the aging of the population, a government study found.
Severe cases of the flu can result in pneumonia, dehydration or a worsening of chronic medical conditions, and can be life-threatening - especially for the very old or the very young.
Coming just as doctors are receiving the first supplies of this year's flu vaccine, the study demonstrates that the ailment is not trivial, and underscores the importance of prevention, said lead researcher William Thompson of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The annual average of 226,054 hospitalizations a year is almost double the CDC's previous estimate, partly because it includes data from more recent years when more severe virus strains prevailed, and partly because the researchers used a broader category of flu-related illnesses to reach the new estimate.
The findings were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study "is yet another clear, solid argument for people to get themselves vaccinated, and it couldn't come at a more important time," said Dr. William Schaffner, a flu expert at Vanderbilt University.
The nationally representative findings are based on records from about 500 hospitals from 1979 through 2001.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Flu is sending more and more to hospital.