Majority of the intubated patients with ARF due to COVID in the ICU met the ARDS criteria relative to Influenza and had a higher mortality rate. B Introduction: b We compared characteristics and outcomes between patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) from Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 admitted to the ICU. Flu patients were older than COVID (Flu 65.5 ± 14.5 vs COVID 58.6 ± 13.2 years, p=0.0002). [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Critical Care Medicine is the property of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
Comparison of Acute Respiratory Failure between Sars-cov-2 and Influenza