Mortality Risk

The use of dynamic risk stratification can predict long-term outcomes for most children with differentiated thyroid cancer, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Adults with type 2 diabetes who use proton pump inhibitors have a higher risk for coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, heart failure and all-cause mortality than nonusers, according to data from the UK Biobank.

Among Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage kidney disease, a longer interval between last dialysis session and a surgical procedure significantly correlates with an increased risk of 90-day postoperative mortality, results showed.

Adults who undergo bariatric surgery have a lower risk for all-cause mortality compared with those who do not undergo surgery, according to findings published in Obesity.

A delay in time to catheter ablation after an atrial fibrillation diagnosis is associated with increased mortality risk as well as trends of increased risk for HF hospitalization and AF recurrence, researchers reported.

Head injury was associated with decreased long-term survival time in a community-based cohort with more than 30 years of follow-up, researchers wrote in JAMA Neurology.

Black women who smoked at the time of breast cancer diagnosis had a 52% increased risk for all-cause mortality compared with Black women who never smoked, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has developed a model of mortality risk for adults with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac operations.

One year after surgery, patients with COPD had a greater risk for mortality and higher health care costs than those without COPD, according to a study published in Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Female breast cancer survivors had a 60% lower risk for death if they engaged in active or moderate physical activity vs. insufficient activity, according to results of a study published in JAMA Network Open.