Mortality

Old age and the development of subsequent primary invasive melanoma are risk factors for death following a melanoma in situ diagnosis, according to a study.

WASHINGTON — Compared with other hypnotics, a class of insomnia hypnotics did not raise the risk for death or inpatient COPD exacerbations, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Racial disparities in gastrointestinal cancer mortality decreased in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act while staying the same or increasing in states that did not, study results showed.

Higher dose methylprednisolone and low-dose dexamethasone treatments in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia showed similar 28-day mortality rates, according to study results published in European Respiratory Journal.

Black women with HER2-positive breast cancer and brain metastases appeared at higher risk for mortality than their white counterparts, according to study results published in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

Compared with obstructive sleep apnea, veterans with central sleep apnea had greater mortality rates, shorter time to death and higher mortality hazard, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The real-time delivery of patient information can improve mortality rates among patients with bloodstream infections, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Adherence to American Institute for Cancer Research and American Cancer Society’s lifestyle recommendations appeared associated with a decreased risk for breast cancer recurrence and mortality among women with high-risk disease.

The platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio has potential to be a marker of mortality for patients with AKI, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

People who experienced lifetime and everyday discrimination had elevated risk for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality compared with those who did not, according to data published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.