Mortality

AUSTIN, Texas — Patients with chronic kidney disease who reported moderate to vigorous physical activity experienced a lower rate of mortality than patients who did not perform any physical activity, according to a poster presented here.

Patients with refractory asthma exacerbations with respiratory failure treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation had decreased odds for death compared with standard care, according to study results published in CHEST.

Weight loss of 5% or greater was associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality among older healthy adults, particularly men, highlighting the importance of monitoring these patients for weight changes, according to researchers.

In older adults with traumatic brain injury and acute subdural hematoma, early neurosurgical intervention resulted in the highest 30-day mortality rates, while delayed surgery yielded better outcomes.

A high risk for in-hospital mortality, ICU admittance and mechanical ventilation was found in patients with COVID-19 plus a community-acquired bacterial infection, according to study results published in Critical Care.

The United States continues to have significantly higher excess death rates compared with similarly high-income European countries, and this gap widened during the pandemic, according to study results published in PLoS One.

In patients with COPD, diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide, or DLCO, was a predictor of mortality, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Select transplant recipients can successfully self-test kidney function at home after training, according to data published in the Kidney International Reports.

Walking the recommended daily step count even a couple days per week was associated with a significantly lower risk for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality over 10 years, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Sepsis survivors from ICU and non-ICU settings treated with rehabilitation within 6 months had greater survival rates within 3 years following hospitalization, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.