Authors
Raija Auvinen, Hanna Nohynek, Ritva Syrjänen, Jukka Ollgren, Tuija Kerttula, Jarkko Mäntylä, Niina Ikonen, Raisa Loginov, Anu Haveri, Satu Kurkela, Kirsi Skogberg
Publication date
2021/2/1
Journal
Infectious Diseases
Volume
53
Issue
2
Pages
111-121
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Description
Background
We compared the clinical characteristics, findings, and outcomes of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or influenza to detect relevant differences.
Methods
From December 2019 to April 2020, we recruited all eligible hospitalized adults with respiratory infection to a prospective observational study at a tertiary care hospital in Finland. Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections were confirmed by RT-PCR. Follow-up lasted for 3 months from admission.
Results
We included 61 patients, of whom 28 were COVID-19 and 33 influenza patients with median ages of 53 and 56 years. Majority of both COVID-19 and influenza patients were men (61% vs. 67%) and had at least one comorbidity (68% vs. 85%). Pulmonary diseases and current smoking were less common among COVID-19 than influenza patients (5 [18%] vs. 15 [45%], p=.03 and 1 [4%] vs. 10 [30%], p=.008). In chest X-ray at …
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