Surveying the Landscape: Annual Burden of RSV in Older Adults

CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

In this accredited podcast episode, Dr Mary Bridgeman discusses the most important things for pharmacists across all settings to know about RSV infections in patients 60 years of age or older, including:

• Incidence and prevalence of RSV in older adults, including hospitalization, mortality, epidemiology
• Seasonality
• Clinical manifestations
• Risk factors for severe outcomes
• Vulnerable groups and comorbidities

Presenter:

Mary Barna Bridgeman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, FASCP, FCCP, FNAP
Clinical Professor
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, New Jersey
Internal Medicine Pharmacist
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Other program activities:

• Frontiers in RSV Prevention for Older Adults: Developments, Recommendations, and the Pharmacist’s Role
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Link to CME: Claim Credit – https://bit.ly/47GtNnK

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