Clinical outcomes and healthcare utilization of hospitalized children with influenza versus COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Influenza and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are major causes of pediatric respiratory illness with overlapping clinical features but potentially differing impacts on healthcare utilization and outcomes.

Purpose

To compare the clinical presentations, healthcare resource utilization, and outcomes of children hospitalized with influenza and COVID-19 and address the gaps in pediatric data from Southeast Asia.

Methods

This retrospective observational study included children aged ≤12 years hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza or COVID-19 at a tertiary hospital in Malaysia between May 1, 2022, and May 1, 2023. Patients with viral or bacterial coinfections were excluded. Influenza A and B cases were collectively analyzed. The patients' demographic

SUBMITTER: Ng DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12672396 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature