High-risk groups include people aged 65 years and older, young children, pregnant women, and people with underlying medical conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, congestive heart failure, and diabetes. Observational studies have shown that influenza antiviral drugs can reduce serious flu complications, including hospitalization and death. CDC recommends beginning empiric antiviral treatment as soon as possible in all severely ill patients (including outpatients with severe progressive symptoms and those who develop such complications as pneumonia) and high-risk patients with suspected flu, without waiting for the results of influenza diagnostic tests.
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