Influenza-associated pneumonia as reference to assess seriousness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Information on severity of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (transmissibility, disease seriousness, impact) is crucial for preparation of healthcare sectors. We present a simple approach to assess disease seriousness, creating a reference cohort of pneumonia patients from sentinel hospitals. First com...

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Autores principales: Tolksdorf, Kristin, Buda, Silke, Schuler, Ekkehard, Wieler, Lothar H, Haas, Walter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020
Materias:
Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7096775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32186278
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.11.2000258
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Sumario:Information on severity of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (transmissibility, disease seriousness, impact) is crucial for preparation of healthcare sectors. We present a simple approach to assess disease seriousness, creating a reference cohort of pneumonia patients from sentinel hospitals. First comparisons exposed a higher rate of COVID-19 patients requiring ventilation. There were more case fatalities among COVID-19 patients without comorbidities than in the reference cohort. Hospitals should prepare for high utilisation of ventilation and intensive care resources.

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