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Adults with COVID-19 may be at higher risk for rapid kidney decline after hospitalization compared with other respiratory infections, such as pneumonia, data show.

Mild and reversible AKI was tied to an increased risk for probable dementia and mild cognitive impairment in older adults with high cardiovascular risk, data show.

KOLOA, Hawaii — With intraoperative femur fractures on the rise, surgeons should aim to prevent these fractures from occurring by identifying high-risk patients and surgical risk factors, according to a presenter here.

Heat exposure may be linked to increased risk for hyponatremia for older adults, particularly women, according to results of a cross-sectional study of hospitalized adults.

Patients’ smoking behaviors may be associated with elevated risks for chronic kidney disease, but more data are needed, according to researchers.

Among adults with osteoporosis on dialysis, use of denosumab significantly lowered fracture risk compared with bisphosphonate use, but cardiovascular risk was increased, according to study data.

Men and individuals living in high human development index areas had heightened global lifetime risks for lung cancer in 2022 vs. women and those living in low Human Development Index areas, according to study results.

Male patients in all age groups, especially those aged between 16 and 55 years, may face higher AKI risk than female patients, according to data that assessed the impact of sex and age on kidney health.

Fractures that occurred during adulthood were associated with risk for future fractures, regardless of age of fracture occurrence, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Maintaining regular physical activity during pregnancy appeared to be associated with decreased asthma risk during childhood, according to a study published in Med.