Risk

Reaching an appropriate blood pressure target is key to lowering risks for cardiorenal complications, but many patients with chronic kidney disease may be unable to do so, prospective study data show.

Older adults’ risk for death when hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus is higher than it is for influenza B but similar to influenza A, according to a study.

The antiviral molnupiravir modestly reduces the risk for severe symptoms of COVID-19 and may also reduce the risk for long COVID, according to a randomized controlled trial.

Female physicians face an increased risk for suicide despite suicide rates among physicians decreasing over time, a systematic review and meta-analysis published in BMJ showed.

Dehydration or use of NSAIDs before hospital admission may be linked to a higher risk of AKI in patients with exertional rhabdomyolysis, researchers found in a published study.

Loneliness and social isolation were associated with an increased risk for glaucoma, highlighting the importance of positive mental and social interventions, according to a study published in BMC Public Health.

Long-term exposure to air pollutants, including particulate matter, increases the risk for developing systemic lupus erythematosus, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Patients treated with interleukin-23i or IL-12/23i for psoriasis exhibited similar rates of risk for developing psoriatic arthritis, according to a study.

Higher nutritional risk may be associated with infection-related hospitalization but not cardiovascular disease-related hospitalization in patients on dialysis, according to results of a prospective study.