Comparison of clinical characteristics of patients with pandemic SARS-CoV-2-related and community-acquired pneumonias in
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Comparison of clinical characteristics of patients with pandemic SARS-CoV-2-related and community-acquired pneumonias in Hungary – a pilot historical case-control study Viktor J. Horváth & Noémi Hajdú & Orsolya Vági & Karolina Schnábel & Emese Szelke & Anna E. Körei & Magdolna Békeffy & Márk M. Svébis & Beatrix A. Domján & Tamás Berényi & István Takács & Zoltán Ungvári & Attila Kun & Ádám G. Tabák
Received: 6 July 2020 / Accepted: 26 October 2020 # The Author(s) 2020
Abstract The distinction between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)–related and community-acquired pneumonias poses significant difficulties, as both frequently involve the elderly. This study aimed to predict the risk of SARS-CoV-2-related pneumonia based on clinical characteristics at hospital presentation. Case-control study of all patients admitted for pneumonia at Semmelweis University Emergency
Department. Cases (n = 30) were patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2-related pneumonia (based on polymerase chain reaction test) between 26 March 2020 and 30 April 2020; controls (n = 82) were historical pneumonia cases between 1 January 2019 and 30 April 2019. Logistic models were built with SARS-CoV-2 infection as outcome using clinical characteristics at presentation. Patients with SARS-CoV-2-related pneumonia were
These authors (VJ Horváth and N Hajdú) contributed equally to this paper. V. J. Horváth : N. Hajdú : O. Vági : K. Schnábel : E. Szelke : A. E. Körei : M. Békeffy : M. M. Svébis : B. A. Domján : I. Takács : Á. G. Tabák (*) Department of Internal Medicine and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Korányi S. u. 2/a, Budapest H-1083, Hungary e-mail: [email protected] T. Berényi Emergency Department, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary Z. Ungvári Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Neurodegeneration Program, Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging/Oklahoma Center for Geroscience, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA Z. Ungvári International Training Program in Geroscience, Doctoral School of Basic and Translational Medicine/Department of Public Health,
Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary Z. Ungvári Department of Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA A. Kun Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Tolna County Balassa János Hospital, Szekszárd, Hungary Á. G. Tabák Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary Á. G. Tabák Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
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Keywords SARS-CoV-2 . Pneumonia . Aging population . Prediction . Case-control study
and hypoxaemia and pneumonia, and in severe cases, respiratory failure could develop [8, 9]. As clinical symptoms of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and SARS-CoV-2-associated pneumonia are similar in general and although serology-based tests could be quic
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