Mortality

The lower mortality rate experienced after age 85 years among Black adults in the United States persisted up to 100 years of age, a study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine showed.

Mechanically ventilated patients requiring surgery faced elevated odds for 28-day mortality when mechanical power, or ventilation intensity, rose during the transition from operating room to ICU, according to study results.

Among older adults with COPD, the risk for all-cause mortality was heightened with vs. without social isolation, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

An Iowa resident died of Lassa fever after returning home from travel to West Africa, according to Iowa health officials.

Certain pesticides may increase the risk for prostate cancer incidence and mortality, according to results of an environment-wide association study.

BOSTON — Fewer patients hospitalized for acute pulmonary embolism with pancreatic cancer died in 2020 compared with rates in 2001, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

The four core concepts of the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index could be used to predict the severity of Clostrioides difficile infection and all-cause mortality, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

Several shifts in temperatures and weather patterns broke new records in 2023, threatening the health, nutrition and livelihood of people across the globe, a new report revealed.

BOSTON — In 2021 vs. 1990, the prevalence of asthma declined in G20 countries, but asthma-related deaths rose, according to data presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — Earlier referral to a nephologist for patients with a hyponatremia electrolyte abnormality may be linked to shorter hospital stays and lower mortality rates, data show.