Short- and long-term outcomes following COVID-19 or Influenza hospitalization in adults: results of the AUTCOV study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Large-scale registry-based studies on patients hospitalized with COVID-19 as compared to Influenza are scant, yet they are needed to re-evaluate the pandemic and the characteristics of patients at risk of severe outcomes.

Methods

In this registry-based study from Austria, we examined short- and long-term outcomes after hospital admission due to COVID-19 or Influenza, also focusing on outcomes conditional on hospital survival. Data were provided on adults hospitalized with COVID-19 in the years 2020 and 2021 or with Influenza in 2016-2021, as well as on matched controls from the Austrian population. Analyses were performed separately for the four age groups (19-40, 41-64, 65-74, and ≥75 years).

Results

Hospitalized COVID-19 and Influenza patients had a lar

SUBMITTER: Wagenlechner C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12832539 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature