Mortality

Overall cancer mortality among American Indian/Alaska Native individuals appeared higher than among white individuals despite similar cancer incidence, according to findings published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

In a cohort of patients with COPD, researchers observed no significant differences in all-cause mortality between Black and white individuals, although there were differences regarding comorbidity-related mortality, study results showed.

CHICAGO — Patients with vertebral compression fractures who underwent kyphoplasty experienced higher rates of mortality compared with patients who did not undergo kyphoplasty, according to results presented here.

High levels of racial and economic segregation appeared associated with higher cancer mortality rates across more than 3,000 U.S. counties, according to results of an ecological study.

The FDA’s Pulmonary-Allergy Drug Advisory Committee voted 8-5, leaning against granting sabizabulin emergency use authorization to treat patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and at risk for acute respiratory distress syndrome.

WASHINGTON — MELD 3.0 more accurately predicted the risk for 90-day waitlist mortality compared with MELD-Na among adolescent patients on a liver transplant waitlist, according to research presented at The Liver Meeting.

ORLANDO —Empagliflozin reduced kidney disease progression and cardiovascular death in patients with chronic kidney disease, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week.

Study results found a 1-year mortality rate of 13.4% after major surgery among community-living older adults in the United States, with the highest mortality rates seen in those who were frail and had probable dementia.

The price of DaVita stock plunged last week after the company reported a major drop in revenue in the third quarter and downgraded its outlook for the rest of the year.

Despite advances in understanding and diagnostics, patients with systemic sclerosis still demonstrate “significantly higher” mortality rates compared with the general population, according to Swedish data published in Rheumatology.