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COVID-19 is not 'just another flu': a real-life comparison of severe COVID-19 and influenza in hospitalized patients in Vienna, Austria
- Source :
- Infection
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background COVID-19 is regularly compared to influenza. Mortality and case-fatality rates vary widely depending on incidence of COVID-19 and the testing policy in affected countries. To date, data comparing hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and influenza is scarce. Methods Data from patients with COVID-19 were compared to patients infected with influenza A (InfA) and B (InfB) virus during the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons. All patients were ≥ 18 years old, had PCR-confirmed infection and needed hospital treatment. Demographic data, medical history, length-of-stay (LOS), complications including in-hospital mortality were analyzed. Results In total, 142 patients with COVID-19 were compared to 266 patients with InfA and 300 with InfB. Differences in median age (COVID-19 70.5 years vs InfA 70 years and InfB 77 years, p
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
030106 microbiology
Population
Comparison
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Pandemic
medicine
Medical history
030212 general & internal medicine
Mortality
education
Original Paper
education.field_of_study
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Acute kidney injury
COVID-19
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Influenza
Pneumonia
Infectious Diseases
In-hospital
Austria
Heart failure
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14390973 and 03008126
- Volume :
- 49
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Infection
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0ede8731f9c0719193dc271c13b66021