Impact of upper and lower respiratory symptoms on COVID-19 outcomes: a multicenter retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory symptoms are associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes. However, the impacts of upper and lower respiratory symptoms on COVID-19 outcomes in the same population have not been compared. The objective of this study was to characterize upper and lower respiratory symptoms and compare their impacts on outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Methods

This was a multicenter, retrospective cohort study; the database from the Japan COVID-19 Task Force was used. A total of 3314 COVID-19 patients were included in the study, and the data on respiratory symptoms were collected. The participants were classified according to their respiratory symptoms (Group 1: no respiratory symptoms, Group 2: only upper respiratory symptoms, Group 3: only low

SUBMITTER: Nakagawara K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9665023 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature