Mortality

Treatment with convalescent plasma reduced 28-day mortality among adults undergoing mechanical ventilation for COVID-19-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome, according to results published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

SEATTLE — In this video from the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, Richard S. Yoon, MD, FAAOS, and Michael A. Maceroli, MD, discussed treating acetabular fractures in older patients.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The “disproportionate density” of early-onset colorectal cancer mortality in the Southern United States is associated with high food insecurity and low access to healthy food, according to a presenter here.

Patients living in Turkey with end-stage kidney disease had a 40% lower mortality rate when receiving dialysis at home vs. patients receiving in-center treatment, a new study shows.

HONOLULU — Heart failure and sleep apnea-related mortality significantly increased over the last 2 decades, with greater risks among the elderly, men and Black individuals, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

HONOLULU — Patients with pulmonary hypertension who also had diabetes showed increased likelihood for mortality compared with patients without diabetes, according to a systemic review presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

HONOLULU — Cannabis use may increase mortality and morbidity in patients with acute asthma exacerbations, according to a poster presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

County-level age-adjusted breast cancer mortality rates were higher among women with less access to mammogram screening and also among women with obesity, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Patients with vitiligo have a significantly lower risk for all-cause and cause-specific mortality compared with matched controls, according to a study.

A metric that combines measurements of central obesity and muscle mass — called the waist-calf circumference ratio, or WCR — predicted older adults’ risk for mortality from all causes, CVD and other specific causes, a study showed.