Comparison of hospitalized COVID-19 and influenza patients requiring supplemental oxygen in a cohort study: clinical impact and resource consumption.
Inmaculada López MontesinosItziar Arrieta-AldeaAitor DicastilloFlavio ZuccarinoLuisa SorliRoberto Guerri-FernándezIsabel Arnau-BarrésMaria Milagro MonteroAna Siverio-ParèsXavier DuránMaria Del Mar ArenasAriadna Brasé ArnauEsperanza Cañas-RuanoSilvia CastañedaIgnacio Domingo KamberJoan Gómez-JunyentIván PelegrínFrancisca Sánchez MartínezElena SendraLucía Suaya LeiroJudit Villar-GarcíaXavier NoguésSantiago GrauHernando KnobelInmaculada López MontesinosJuan Pablo Horcajadanull nullPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Although influenza patients were older and had more comorbidities, COVID-19 cases requiring supplemental oxygen on admission had worse clinical and economic outcomes.