Comparative analysis of elderly hospitalized patients with COVID-19 or influenza A H1N1 virus infections

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the differences between elderly patients hospitalized with COVID-19 or influenza A H1N1 virus infections.

Methods

We contrasted two absolute groups of patients (age ≥60 years) infected with either COVID-19 (n = 222) or influenza A H1N1 virus infections (n = 96). Propensity score matching was used to reduce the imbalance between the two matched groups. The clinical features, imaging presentations, therapies, and prognosis data were compared between the two groups.

Results

The patients with influenza showed higher proportions of cough, expectoration, fatigue, and shortness of breath. Higher counts of lymphocytes, hemoglobin, and creatine kinase and lower counts of white blood cells, neutrophils, blood urea nitrogen, and C-

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9718512 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature