Mortality

Black patients with pulmonary fibrosis are younger at diagnosis and death than Hispanic and white patients with pulmonary fibrosis, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

SEATTLE — Because people with HIV who are being successfully treated with ART have a close to normal life expectancy, most deaths among those with HIV are now caused by unrelated comorbidities, a study found.

Intubation after 24 hours in the ICU for patients with COVID-19 receiving mechanical ventilation resulted in poorer mortality outcomes than early intubation, according to study results published in European Respiratory Journal.

Among patients with chronic kidney disease, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction was highly prevalent, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

LAS VEGAS — Presented results showed mortality rates in older patients with femoral neck or intertrochanteric hip fractures decreased from 2010 to 2019.

NEW ORLEANS — Lifelong bachelor status was associated with elevated risk for mortality in men, but not women, with heart failure, researchers reported at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

Patient mortality correlated with end-stage kidney disease quality incentive program facility payment reductions in “dose-response” and temporal patterns, according to a retrospective study.

Daily fruit and vegetable consumption may reduce all-cause mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease, including those on hemodialysis, in Japan, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

Being exposed to tobacco in utero and in childhood/adolescence was linked to higher risks for lung cancer incidence and death later in life, according to study results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Administration of Toll-receptor 4 antagonist ApTOLL within 6 hours of acute ischemic stroke, along with endovascular treatment, was linked to reduced mortality and disability at 90 days compared with placebo.