COVID-19

Fewer patients with respiratory failure related to COVID-19 using helmet CPAP experienced intubation compared with facemask CPAP, according to study results published in CHEST.

CHICAGO — Patients readmitted to the hospital within 30 days for decompensated cirrhosis during the COVID-19 pandemic had fewer comorbidities but increased MELD-Na scores, according to data at Digestive Disease Week.

IV allogeneic mesenchymal stromal cells may reduce inflammatory response and thereby reduce the progression of small abdominal aortic aneurysms, a speaker reported.

Study results demonstrated no associations between SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and hospital admission or visit for postmenopausal bleeding and no association with premenopausal menstrual disturbance or bleeding.

Higher CT severity scores at hospitalization and 3 months after were linked to poorer lung function in survivors of COVID-19-associated hyperinflammation, according to study results published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

CHICAGO — Hospital admissions for alcohol-related cirrhosis jumped from March 2020 to March 2021, with associated increases in costs and mortality, according to study results presented at Digestive Disease Week.

Telemedicine garnered higher satisfaction ratings than in-person visits among patients with cancer in terms of access and care provider concern, according to a study published in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

WHO recently ended the COVID-19 global public health emergency — and the United States will soon lift its own emergency declarations — but questions about vaccination, especially for children, persist.

Last April, Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, requested an internal and external review of the CDC’s performance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CHICAGO — Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease had worse COVID-19-related outcomes compared with infected individuals without NAFLD, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.