Clinical Outcomes of US Adults Hospitalized for COVID-19 and Influenza in the Respiratory Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network, October 2021–September 2022
Noah Kojima, Christopher A. Taylor, Mark W. Tenforde, Dawud Ujamaa, Alissa O’Halloran, Kadam Patel, Shua J. Chai, Pam Daily Kirley, Nisha B. Alden, Breanna Kawasaki, James Meek, Kimberly Yousey‐Hindes, Evan J. Anderson, Kyle P. Openo, Libby Reeg, Val Tellez Nunez, Ruth Lynfield, Kathryn Como‐Sabetti, Susan L. Ropp, Yomei Shaw, Nancy Spina, Grant Barney, Sophrena Bushey, Kevin Popham, Nancy E Moran, Eli Shiltz, Melissa Sutton, Nasreen Abdullah, H. Keipp Talbot, William Schaffner, Ryan Chatelain, Andrea Price, Shikha Garg, Fiona P. Havers, Catherine H. Bozio
Abstract
Severe outcomes were common among adults hospitalized for COVID-19 or influenza, while the percentage of COVID-19 hospitalizations involving critical care decreased from October 2021 to September 2022. During the Omicron BA.5 period, intensive care unit admission frequency was similar for COVID-19 and influenza, although patients with COVID-19 had a higher frequency of in-hospital death.