Table 1.
Characteristics, management and outcome of hospitalized COVID-19 and 2009 influenza patients.
| COVID-19 pandemic | 2009 influenza pandemic | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Estimates (95% CI) |
Study No. | Patient No. | Estimates (95% CI) |
Study No. | Patient No. | p-value |
| Sex (male%) | 20,425 (56.08%) | 113 | 36,422 | 12,556 (54.20%) | 84 | 23,167 | / |
| Age, years (mean ± SD, range) | 52.11 ± 16.93 (0.2–96) | 37 | 5085 | 26.27 ± 15.57 (0–94) | 47 | 12,347 | / |
| Management | |||||||
| Antibiotics use | 67.44% (51.91–81.27) | 23 | 5350 | 60.45% (47.93–72.31) | 13 | 2569 | 0.3081 |
| Mechanical ventilation | 27.10% (20.91–33.75) | 46 | 17,101 | 14.70% (6.65–25.12) | 13 | 4975 | 0.0603 |
| ECMO | 3.10% (1.45–5.25) | 19 | 6644 | 5.79% | 2 | 863 | / |
| ICU admission | 17.74% (13.93–21.89) | 35 | 15,636 | 16.03% (11.55–21.06) | 36 | 9083 | 0.4416 |
| Outcome | |||||||
| Death | 12.94% (10.93–15.10) | 54 | 25,390 | 9.63% (6.05–13.90) | 28 | 5075 | 0.1682 |
Abbreviations: ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ICU, intensive care unit.