Hospitalization

The SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin was associated with a reduced risk for hospitalization due to any cause in patients with chronic kidney disease with and without type 2 diabetes, according to a post hoc analysis of the DAPA-CKD trial.

ORLANDO — Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease who choose conservative management have lower hospitalization rates vs. patients who choose dialysis, according to a study presented at ASN Kidney Week.

Social and economic factors have the greatest impact on COVID-19 outcomes, including an “epidemic” of CV diseases and hospitalizations, and social determinants of health must be addressed to counter disparities, according to a speaker.

Macitentan showed no new safety signals in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension from two real-world datasets, according to a study published in Pulmonary Circulation.

Use of continuous glucose monitoring was associated with improved glycemic control and a lower risk for hospitalization in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes attending Veterans Affairs clinics in the U.S., according to a speaker.

New data published in an MMWR report showed that patients with COVID-19 given a prescription for Paxlovid had a lower rate of hospitalization.

Hospitalized patients with advanced dementia being fed through a nasogastric tube were at a higher risk for pneumonia than those on careful hand-feeding, according to a study in The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.

PHILADELPHIA — In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, lower doses of hydroxychloroquine increase the risk for hospitalization due to flare, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2022.

COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates increased among infants during the omicron-predominant period compared with the delta-predominant period, according to a new MMWR.

ORLANDO – A clinic in Brazil that continued in-center short daily dialysis through the pandemic reduced the risk for spreading COVID-19 among patients and staff by controlling transportation and using universal precautions, according to a poster presented here.