Comparison of Patients Infected With Delta Versus Omicron COVID-19 Variants Presenting to Paris Emergency Departments : A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At the end of 2021, the B.1.1.529 SARS-CoV-2 variant (Omicron) wave superseded the B.1.617.2 variant (Delta) wave.

Objective

To compare baseline characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection with the Delta variant versus the Omicron variant in the emergency department (ED).

Design

Retrospective chart reviews.

Setting

13 adult EDs in academic hospitals in the Paris area from 29 November 2021 to 10 January 2022.

Patients

Patients with a positive reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result for SARS-CoV-2 and variant identification.

Measurements

Main outcome measures were baseline clinical and biological characteristics at ED presentation, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, mechani

SUBMITTER: Bouzid D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8941485 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature