Hospitalization
Medicare data: Long-term mortality, rehospitalization trends after acute MI improving
Rates for 10-year mortality and hospitalization for recurrence after an acute MI decreased steadily over more than 2 decades, though researchers observed marked inequities among subgroups.
Those with psychiatric illness less likely to be tested, vaccinated than general population
Those hospitalized for psychiatric illness were less likely to be tested for COVID-19 and had lower confirmed infection rates but higher risk for COVID-19-related mortality than the general population, per a study from Molecular Psychiatry.
Pregnant women less likely to get COVID-19, but more likely to have severe outcomes
LISBON, Portugal — Compared with their nonpregnant, reproductive-aged counterparts, pregnant women were less likely to acquire COVID-19 but were significantly more likely to be hospitalized or admitted to an ICU when they did.
Adults with hypothyroidism and high TSH have increased risk for hospital readmission
Inpatients who are undertreated for hypothyroidism are more likely to be hospitalized longer and have a higher risk for readmission than those with normal thyroid-stimulating hormone levels, according to study findings.
Obesity does not confer benefit in community-acquired pneumonia
Among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, those with obesity did not experience an improved time to clinical stability compared with their normal-weight counterparts, according to study data.
Intradialytic meals remain controversial
BOSTON — While experts have shared varying advice about eating during dialysis, there are not enough data to resolve this controversy, according to a presenter at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.
VIDEO: Key aspects of treating, managing hospitalized IBD patients
NAPLES, Florida — In this video, Asad Ur Rahman, MD, a gastroenterologist at Cleveland Clinic Florida, spoke with Healio about key takeaways from his 2022 ACG/FGS Spring Symposium presentation on hospitalization in patients with severe IBD.
VIDEO: ACG/FGS Spring Symposium features sessions on hospitalization, malignancy in IBD
NAPLES, Florida — In this video, Jennifer L. Seminerio, MD, speaks with Healio about some of the most informative presentations at the 2022 ACG/FGS Spring Symposium.
Ivermectin fails to lower incidence of hospitalization in large COVID-19 study
Ivermectin did not lower the incidence of hospitalization among high-risk adults with COVID-19 enrolled in a large double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in Brazil, researchers reported in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Convalescent plasma reduces hospitalization risk in COVID-19
Convalescent plasma, when administered within 9 days of symptom onset in patients with COVID-19, may reduce the risk for hospitalization, according to data published in The New England Journal of Medicine.