Hospitalization
Black patients with pulmonary fibrosis younger at diagnosis, hospitalization, death
Black patients with pulmonary fibrosis are younger at diagnosis and death than Hispanic and white patients with pulmonary fibrosis, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.
High-flow nasal cannula bronchiolitis treatment outside ICU tied to long stays, high costs
Pediatric patients with bronchiolitis who are admitted to hospitals that use more high-flow nasal cannula outside the ICU face longer stays and greater total costs, according to study results published in Hospital Pediatrics.
One-third of lupus hospitalizations lack post-discharge follow-up care
Approximately one-third of lupus hospitalizations lack post-discharge follow-up care, with “significant disparities” reported among rural and disadvantaged localities, according to Medicare data published in Arthritis Care & Research.
High-dose inhaled nitric oxide shortens hospital stay in infants with bronchiolitis
Infants with bronchiolitis who received 150 ppm inhaled nitric oxide plus standard supportive treatment had shorter hospital stays and improved respiratory outcomes, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Somatus launches new program with Inova Health System to improve kidney care
Somatus announced in a press release the launch of the Nurse Navigator Program with its partner Inova Health System.
Q&A: Pediatric pneumonia severity risk tool aims to provide ‘safer, more effective care’
The lack of an established tool to predict disease severity among children with pneumonia may lead to ineffective management decisions, according to a press release from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Obesity heightens risk for poor outcomes, adverse events among patients with asthma
SAN ANTONIO — Patients with asthma and obesity faced elevated risks for poor outcomes related to health, money and hospitalization, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
20 more minutes of daily exercise lowers hospitalization risk for common ailments
Exercising 20 minutes more every day was associated with a reduced hospitalization risk for a variety of common health conditions, including infection, stroke, venous thromboembolism and more, according to data in JAMA Network Open.
Comorbid psychiatric, substance use disorders increase odds of COVID-19 hospitalization
Among patients with COVID-19 who visited EDs, those with both psychiatric and substance use disorders had greater odds of hospitalization compared with those with one or neither type of disorder, according to a study in JAMA Psychiatry.
RSV hospitalizations linked to ‘considerable’ health care burden in Europe
One in 56 infants born healthy in Europe between July 2017 and April 2020 was hospitalized due to respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, according to study results published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.