Hospitalization
Q&A: RSV vaccination lowers risk for hospitalization in older patients
During their first season in use, respiratory syncytial virus vaccines reduced the risk for RSV-associated hospitalization by 75% among adults aged 60 years or older, according to a study.
Hospitalized patients with COPD misuse nearly 70% of inhalers
Inhaler misuse was high in hospitalized patients with COPD, with 69.4% of all inhalers at admission found to be misused, according to results published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.
Infections account for majority of in-hospital deaths in childhood lupus
Infections account for most in-hospital mortality in childhood systemic lupus erythematosus, with patients exhibiting lupus nephritis or end-stage renal disease at increased risk, according to data published in The Journal of Rheumatology.
Nutritional risk may be linked to infection-, not cardiovascular-related, hospitalizations
Higher nutritional risk may be associated with infection-related hospitalization but not cardiovascular disease-related hospitalization in patients on dialysis, according to results of a prospective study.
Changes in pneumonia diagnosis frequent in hospitalized veterans
Between initial presentation in the ED and hospital discharge, 56.7% of veterans experienced a change in their pneumonia diagnosis, according to results published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Over 90% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients have lung lesions 2 years following discharge
Two years after COVID-19 hospitalization, 92% of patients continued to have either non-fibrotic-like or fibrotic-like lesions on CT scans, according to results published in The Lancet Regional Health — Americas.
Adults with bronchiectasis face high costs, health care usage
Adults with bronchiectasis had high total annual health care costs, and the cost of hospitalization was a major contributor to this amount, according to findings published in CHEST.
Health service use more likely with sleep apnea in older patients
The odds for future health service use in adults aged 50 years and older went up by 21% with the presence of sleep apnea, according to research presented at SLEEP 2024.
Lung donation from hospital-based care unit extends transplant recipient survival
Lung transplant recipients lived for a longer time if they received lungs from a donor cared for in a hospital-based vs. independent donor care unit, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.
Lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 antagonist slows time to disease progression in IPF
SAN DIEGO — Taking an oral lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 antagonist for 26 weeks slowed time to disease progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.