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. 2026 Jan 21;18(1):135. doi: 10.3390/v18010135
ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
ATS American Thoracic Society
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CI Confidence Interval
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019
ECDC European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
ED Emergency Department
EMR Electronic Medical Record
hMPV Human Metapneumovirus
HRV Human Rhinovirus
ICU Intensive Care Unit
IDSA Infectious Diseases Society of America
IQR Interquartile Range
LRTI Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
OR Odds Ratio
PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction
PORT Patient Outcomes Research Team
PSI Pneumonia Severity Index
RSV Respiratory Syncytial Virus
RTI Respiratory Tract Infection
SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
SD Standard Deviation
URTI Upper Respiratory Tract Infection