Mortality

Intranasal corticosteroids did not impact COVID-19 mortality in patients with asthma, COPD or neither, but they did reduce the risk for all-cause mortality, according to study results published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

PHILADELPHIA — Researchers presented data at ASN Kidney Week from a prediction model that can forecast all-cause mortality in adults with advanced chronic kidney disease.

Male patients, Black patients and rural area residents with pulmonary embolism had poorer age-adjusted mortality rates than their respective opposing demographics, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Patients with asthma who were hospitalized for COVID-19 had less severe disease and lower mortality rates than patients with no airway disease, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy or Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Published results showed patients who tested positive for COVID-19 within 30 days after total joint arthroplasty had increased risks for mortality, complications, reoperation and non-home discharge compared with those who tested negative.

Patients with COVID-19 admitted to an ICU classified as less efficient before the pandemic faced a higher likelihood for mortality than those in more efficient ICUs, according to results published in CHEST.

SAN FRANCISCO — In a real-world population of patients with ACS or chronic coronary syndrome, a strategy guided by instantaneous wave-free ratio was similarly safe as one guided by fractional flow reserve at 5 years, data show.

HONOLULU — Adults with severe asthma in the United States experienced a slightly lower mortality rate than prior data showed of similar patients in Europe, according to a poster presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

SAN FRANCISCO — In a pooled analysis, transcatheter edge-to-edge repair benefited patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation, even those with complex anatomies.

SAN FRANCISCO — A fourth-generation mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair system was associated with durable reduction in mitral regurgitation severity to mild or less for most patients, including those with complex anatomy.