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- - The report compares hospitalized patients with COVID-19 (152 patients) and seasonal influenza (136 patients), noting distinct differences in disease severity and clinical symptoms.
- - Influenza patients exhibited more issues like dyspnea, hypoxemia, and elevated liver enzymes, while COVID-19 patients were typically overweight, lymphopenic, and showed significant radiological abnormalities.
- - Although influenza patients were generally more severely ill upon admission, both groups experienced comparable lengths of hospital stay, need for ventilatory support, and 30-day mortality rates.
Article Abstract
This report describes the differences in disease severity and clinical presentation between hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and others with seasonal influenza. A total of 136 influenza and 152 COVID-19 patients were included. Patients with influenza more frequently had dyspnea (p = 0.004), hypoxemia (p < 0.001), underlying diseases (p = 0.046), and elevated liver enzymes (p = 0.028). In contrast, patients with COVID-19 were overweight (p < 0.001), lymphopenic (p < 0.001), had elevated CRP (p = 0.011), and radiological abnormalities (p < 0.001). Patients with influenza were more severely ill on admission (NEWS > 5) (p < 0.001). However, length of hospital stay, ventilatory support, and 30-day-mortality were similar. Despite differences in clinical presentation and disease severity between influenza and COVID-19 patients, both groups had similar clinical outcomes.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9589861 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-022-05615-3 | DOI Listing |
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