Differences among Severe Cases of Sars-CoV-2, Influenza, and Other Respiratory Viral Infections in Pediatric Patients: Symptoms, Outcomes and Preexisting Comorbidities.

Braian Lucas Aguiar Sousa Magda Maria Sales Carneiro-Sampaio Werther Brunow de B Carvalho Clovis Artur Almeida da Silva Alexandre Archanjo Ferraro

Published in: Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2020)

Severe COVID-19 had a higher mortality rate than other viral respiratory illnesses, despite the lower frequency of fever, cough, dyspnea, respiratory distress, and desaturation. Death risk was strongly associated with preexisting comorbidities.

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