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Article: Impact of influenza exposure on rates of hospital admissions and physician visits because of respiratory illness among pregnant women
- Article from:
- Canadian Medical Association. Journal
- Article date:
- February 13, 2007
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ABSTRACT
Background: Excess deaths have occurred among pregnant women during influenza pandemics, but the impact of influenza during nonpandemic years is unclear. We evaluated the impact of exposure during nonpandemic influenza seasons on the rates of hospital admissions and physician visits because of respiratory illness among pregnant women.
Methods: We conducted a 13-year (1990-2002) population-based cohort study involving pregnant women in Nova Scotia. We compared rates of hospital admissions and physician office visits because of respiratory illness during the influenza season in each trimester of pregnancy with rates during the influenza season in the year before pregnancy and with ...