Comparison of Complications after Coronavirus Disease and Seasonal Influenza, South Korea

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Lee, Hyejin ; Sung, Ho Kyung ; Lee, Dokyoung ; Choi, Yeonmi ; Lee, Ji Yoon ; Lee, Jin Yong ; Oh, Myoung-don
• Description:
  We conducted a retrospective cohort study using claims data to determine the number and types of complications from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that patients experience and which patients are more vulnerable to those complications compared with complications in patients with influenza. Among the cohort, 19.6% of COVID-19 patients and 28.5% of influenza patients had >1 new complication. In most complications, COVID-19 patients had lower or similar relative risk compared with influenza patients; exceptions were hair loss, heart failure, mood disorder, and dementia. Young to middle-aged adult COVID-19 patients and patients in COVID-19 hotspots had a higher risk for complications. Overall, COVID-19 patients had fewer complications than influenza patients, but caution is necessary in high-risk groups. If the fatality rate for COVID-19 is reduced through vaccination, management strategies for this disease could be adapted, similar to those for influenza management, such as easing restrictions on economic activity or requirements for close-contact isolation.
• Subjects:
  Adult Covid-19 Humans Influenza, Human Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Sars-Cov-2 Seasons
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(2):347-353
• Pubmed ID:
  35076368
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8798693
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Republic of Korea
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c8cf93b3731703ae9b8ee885d46a233b2048db4dfed4d3d2c0c9b1052dd46e9a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/114554/cdc_114554_DS1.pdf
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