For COVID-19 patients, the septic shock inpatient mortality was 59.4 percent, while it was nearly 32 percent for influenza patients. Additionally, those with COVID-19 faced a significantly higher overall inpatient mortality rate — nearly 16 percent compared to 4.1 percent of hospitalized influenza patients.
Researchers evaluated data from 66,236 hospitalized COVID-19 patients and compared it to data from 56,896 hospitalized influenza patients during the flu seasons of 2016-18. Data was compiled from 83 healthcare organizations throughout the country, representing 358 hospitals.
The findings indicate that physicians should be vigilant when monitoring for sepsis in COVID-19 patients, and call for additional research to better understand how the condition develops in coronavirus patients, the study concludes.
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