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. 2021 Jan 27;2(3):e105–e114. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30221-4

Table 2.

Complications or death in patients admitted to hospital with seasonal hCoV infection in Belgium, 2015–20

Any complication or death Pneumonia Respiratory assistance Intensive care unit Acute respiratory distress syndrome Death
Patients admitted with complete follow-up data (n=262) 90 (34·4%) 64 (24·4%) 37 (14·1%) 19 (7·3%) 9 (3·4%) 8 (3·1%)
Per age group, years
0–4 (n=105) 29 (27·6%) 17 (16·2%) 13 (12·4%) 2 (1·9%) 3 (2·9%) 1 (1·0%)
5–14 (n=8) 4 (50·0%) 4 (50·0%) 1 (12·5%) 0 0 0
15–64 (n=48) 24 (50·0%) 18 (37·5%) 9 (18·8%) 7 (14·6%) 4 (8·3%) 2 (4·2%)
≥65 (n=101) 33 (32·7%) 25 (24·8%) 14 (13·9%) 10 (9·9%) 2 (2·0%) 5 (5·0%)
Potential risk factor
Yes (n=161) 66 (41·0%) 46 (28·6%) 27 (16·8%) 17 (10·6%) 8 (5·0%) 6 (3·7%)
No (n=101) 24 (23·8%) 18 (17·8%) 10 (9·9%) 2 (2·0%) 1 (1·0%) 2 (2·0%)
Co-infection
Single seasonal hCoV plus other (n=110) 33 (30·0%) 21 (19·1%) 14 (12·7%) 4 (3·6%) 1 (0·9%) 1 (0·9%)
Single seasonal hCoV (n=152) 57 (37·5%) 43 (28·3%) 23 (15·1%) 15 (9·9%) 8 (5·3%) 7 (4·6%)

Data are n (%). Complications or death are not mutually exclusive. hCoV=human coronavirus.