Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with Carl O. Eriksson, MD, MPH, lead author on an article published in the November Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Researchers found that prevention and early use of antiviral medications may reduce the risk of influenza-related acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilator support. Eriksson is an attending physician in the pediatric intensive care unit at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, USA.
