Hospitalization

Every 5°C increase in daily mean temperature correlated with a 6% increase in hospitalization due to diabetes in Brazil between 2000 and 2015.

The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a drop in hospitalization for self-harm or overdose in adolescents and young adults compared to the 2 years before, according to a population-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Pediatric hospitalizations due to COVID-19 reached a peak in recent weeks, according to CDC data.

Epicardial adipose tissue volume is associated with elevated risk for all-cause death and HF hospitalization in patients with HF with midrange and preserved ejection fraction, according to data published in Circulation: Heart Failure.

An early 3-day course of remdesivir lowered the risk for hospitalization or death among nonhospitalized patients at high risk for severe COVID-19 by 87%, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Researchers identified asthma as a risk factor for hospitalization among children who had COVID-19, but not for worse COVID-19 outcomes, according to a nested case-control study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

The timing of rituximab infusion or cumulative lifetime rituximab dose did not appear statistically significantly associated with risk for hospitalization for COVID-19 among patients with MS who received the drug before getting COVID-19.

COVID-19 vaccination correlated with a decreased risk for hospitalization among patients with cirrhosis and other high-risk comorbidities, according to research presented at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience.

CMS has approved an add-on payment to dialysis facilities when they use Outset Medical Inc.’s Tablo Hemodialysis System, according to a press release.

A new study highlights a reduction in idiopathic pulmonary artery hypertension-related hospitalizations in the U.S. from 2007 to 2017.