Hospitalization

BOSTON — The odds for mortality, ventilation and septic shock among adults hospitalized with COPD went down if they also had GERD, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Older adults hospitalized for an acute COPD exacerbation with vs. without metabolically healthy obesity were more likely to experience respiratory and cardiac complications, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

ORLANDO — In this Healio video perspective from the AAP National Conference & Exhibition, Matthew M. Davis, MD, MAPP, explains what he expects to see over the next 10 years in the field of pediatrics.

Among adult sepsis survivors readmitted within 30 days, more than two-thirds had been previously discharged to a skilled nursing facility, home health care or home, according to results published in American Journal of Critical Care.

Having a chronic respiratory infection in addition to bronchiectasis heightened the risk for an exacerbation and hospitalization within 2 years of diagnosis, according to results published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

Three years after hospital discharge for COVID-19, 36% of individuals still had residual lung abnormalities, according to results published in European Respiratory Journal.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The COVID-19 pandemic likely altered stroke patient characteristics, as those admitted to the hospital were younger and had more severe symptoms over a 2-year post-pandemic interval, according to a poster.

Air pollution increased the risk for ED visits and hospitalizations due to asthma and other respiratory diseases, according to a poster presented at ERS Congress 2024.

The risk for any-cause hospitalization/death at 1 year was comparable between patients with severe hypoxemia receiving daily 24-hour vs. 15-hour oxygen therapy, according to findings published in New England Journal of Medicine.

Pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia spent less time in the hospital and receiving IV antibiotics when visited by a medical clown, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.