Open AccessA comparison of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) versus influenza during the pandemic: Can we distinguish COVID-19 from flu?
Author(s) -
Lindsey K Nichols,
Safa B Maki,
Susan Szpunar,
Ashish Bhargava,
Louis D. Saravolatz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
infection control and hospital epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.243
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1559-6834
pISSN - 0899-823X
DOI - 10.1017/ice.2021.190
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , medicine , coronavirus , demographics , retrospective cohort study , disease , virology , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , demography , sociology
We conducted a retrospective chart review examining the demographics, clinical history, physical findings, and comorbidities of patients with influenza and patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Older patients, male patients, patients reporting fever, and patients with higher body mass indexes (BMIs) were more likely to have COVID-19 than influenza.