Influenza in the Emergency Department: 2020 Update (Pharmacology CME)

Influenza in the Emergency Department: 2020 Update (Pharmacology CME) is organized by EB Medicine.

Publication Date: Feb 15, 2020
CME Expiration Date: Mar 16, 2023

Description:
Patients presenting to the ED with “influenza-like illness” (cough, sore throat, fever) are typical in the fall and winter. How can you tell whether a patient might have influenza and infect others with a potentially dangerous strain? Are the guidelines the same in the spring and summer?
• How do symptoms of influenza differ between adults and children?
• What are the patient groups that are at high risk for complications from influenza?
• When does rapid influenza diagnostic testing reduce costs and improve care, and when is it unnecessary?
• Does the prevalence of influenza in the community affect whether or not you should order testing?
• When is an antiviral medication indicated?
• Which antiviral should be prescribed, and why?
• What about the new antiviral drug on the market, baloxavir marboxil?