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New immunization research has been reported by scientists at University of Alberta
October 15th, 2008
According to recent research from Edmonton, Canada, "Observational studies suggest a 50% mortality reduction for older patients receiving influenza vaccination; some deem this magnitude of benefit implausible and invoke confounding by the ''healthy user effect'' as an alternate explanation. To evaluate unrecognized confounding by hypothesizing the presence of a 50% mortality reduction with vaccination for patients with pneumonia outside of influenza season." "Clinical, laboratory, and functional data were prospectively collected on 1,813 adults with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to six hospitals outside of influenza season in the Capital Health region (AB,...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-10-15)
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