Hospitalization

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension receiving sotatercept, a novel activin signaling inhibitor, plus background therapy are expected to live longer, according to a European Respiratory Society International Congress presentation.

Annual pediatric hospitalizations decreased substantially in the United States during a recent 10-year span, with the largest decreases seen at rural and urban nonteaching hospitals, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Patients with bronchiectasis who produced discolored sputum appeared more likely to experience exacerbations, hospitalization and death, according to a poster presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Within 12 months after childbirth, women who underwent infertility treatment had an increased risk for stroke-related hospitalization, according to a large population-based, retrospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Among patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 community-acquired pneumonia, those with vs. without cardiovascular complications had a heightened mortality rate, according to results published in CHEST.

A large study found that long COVID-related conditions may persist among patients for as long as 2 years after recovery from acute disease, with COVID-19-related hospitalization increasing the risk sharply.

In England, the risk for hospitalization for asthma in the summer was heightened when temperatures rose, according to results published in Thorax.

Fifteen months following COVID-19 hospitalization, both ventilated and nonventilated patients displayed diaphragm muscle weakness, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Severe obstructive sleep apnea raised the risk for hospital admittance with pneumonia and any infections compared with individuals who have normal breathing during sleep, according to results published in CHEST.

Individuals with COVID-19 living in neighborhoods with high walkability and bikeability and less air pollution experienced fewer hospitalizations vs. areas with low mobility and more pollution, according to results published in PLoS ONE.