Systematically comparing COVID-19 with the 2009 influenza pandemic for hospitalized patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to comprehensively compare the clinical features of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with hospitalized 2009 influenza pandemic patients.

Methods

Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane CENTRAL, and Google scholar were systematically searched to identify studies related to COVID-19 and the 2009 influenza pandemic. The pooled incidence rates of clinical features were estimated using the DerSimonian-Laird random-effects model with the Freeman-Tukey double arcsine transformation method.

Results

The incidence rates of fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, rhinorrhea, myalgia/muscle pain, or vomiting were found to be significantly higher in influenza patients when compared with COVID-19 patients. The incidence rates of comorbidities, in

SUBMITTER: Li P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7658594 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature