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Influenza Vaccination and Risk of Hospitalisation in Patients with Heart Failure: A Self-Controlled Case Series Study

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Aims
Evidence supporting yearly influenza vaccination in patients with chronic heart failure (HF) is limited, consequently leading to inconsistent guideline recommendations. We aimed to investigate the impact of influenza vaccination on the risk of hospitalisation in HF patients.

Methods and results
We used linked primary and secondary health records in England between 1990 and 2013. Using a self-controlled case series design with conditional Poisson regression, we estimat...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1093/eurheartj/ehw411

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
RDM
Sub department:
RDM Cardiovascular Medicine
Role:
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
RDM
Sub department:
RDM Cardiovascular Medicine
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
RDM
Sub department:
RDM Cardiovascular Medicine
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
RDM
Sub department:
RDM Cardiovascular Medicine
Role:
Author
Oxford Martin School More from this funder
National Institute of Health Research More from this funder
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
European Heart Journal Journal website
Volume:
38
Issue:
5
Pages:
326–333
Publication date:
2016-09-22
Acceptance date:
2016-08-16
DOI:
ISSN:
1522-9645
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Pubs id:
pubs:639157
UUID:
uuid:cbd45cef-b136-44de-8b31-c71f27cedd7c
Local pid:
pubs:639157
Source identifiers:
639157
Deposit date:
2016-08-19

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