Hospitalization

This influenza season has been particularly severe in the United States, with CDC data showing a rate of hospitalization related to flu that is higher than any other season in the past 14 years.

Having COVID-19 pneumonia vs. non-COVID-19 pneumonia while receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation negatively impacted inpatient mortality odds and length of stay, according to data published in American Journal of Critical Care.

Younger adults on in-center hemodialysis may face higher risk for food insecurity-linked hospitalization than their older counterparts, researchers found.

The incidence rate of pulmonary embolism-related hospitalizations in pediatric patients revealed that this outcome occurred infrequently; however, having acute PE raised the odds for in-hospital mortality, according to study findings.

A dozen people have died and 38 have been sickened in a multistate Listeria outbreak linked to frozen supplemental nutrition shakes distributed in long-term care facilities, the CDC said.

Paxlovid may not decrease the risk for hospitalization or death in older adults vaccinated against COVID-19 as much as previously thought, according to research published in JAMA.

A protocol designed to progressively increase physical therapy intensity for stroke survivors improved walking distance, speed and quality of life compared with standard care, data presented at the International Stroke Conference show.

Patients hospitalized with influenza and treated with oseltamivir on the day of admission were less likely to experience severe clinical outcomes compared with those who were treated later, researchers found.

Decreasing comorbidities and increasing vaccination rates among Black, indigenous and other people of color could help balance out symptomatic infection rates, according to a modeling study assessing interventions in these communities.

The Parkinson's Foundation has issued new recommendations to improve the standard of care for hospitalization among individuals with Parkinson’s disease.