Hospitalization

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Hospitalization with ventilator-associated pneumonia increased 50% between 2013 and 2019, according to a study presented at CHEST Annual Meeting.

Autistic women and girls were more likely to be diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, as well as be hospitalized for a psychiatric incident, compared with autistic men and boys, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Study results presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting demonstrated higher health care utilization up to 9 months after hospitalization for COVID-19 compared with before hospitalization.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — People with COPD have a greater risk for type 2 myocardial infarction-related admissions and worse in-hospital outcomes, researchers reported at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Readmission within 30 days of discharge was common among survivors of COVID-19, and more so in those with comorbidities, researchers found.

Both BNT162b2 and CoronaVac vaccines protected patients with chronic kidney disease from COVID-19-related hospitalization and mortality, according to data published in Kidney International.

Remdesivir treatment reduced risks for mortality, high-flow nasal cannula use and transfer to the ICU among patients on hemodialysis hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study in Kidney International Reports.

Pregnant people who received messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccines were protected against COVID-19-related ED and urgent care visits and hospitalization when the delta and omicron variants were predominant, according to a case-control study.

Data from a nationally representative sample of ED visits in the United States show persistent sex differences in the distribution of CVD presentations, hospitalization rates and death patterns, researchers reported.

A recent study showed that the risk of death among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 was substantially lower during the later period of omicron variant predominance compared with earlier omicron and delta predominance.