By Ethan Covey
Nearly half of all deaths among patients who were hospitalized with influenza occurred after hospital discharge and within 30 days of discharge, and more than one-third of all patients hospitalized with influenza who died had “influenza” listed as a cause of death, according to a recently published report (Clin Infect Dis 2024 Nov 4. doi:10.1093/cid/ciae547 https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae547).
“This suggests that the burden of all-cause mortality in patients