Cannabis use tied to risk of COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU admissions
Jun 25, 2024
The findings persisted even after considering cigarette smoking, vaccination status, comorbidities and other risk factors.
Hospital nursing resources tied to COVID-19 survival
Jun 24, 2024
“If all hospitals in the study had superior nursing resources prior to or during the pandemic, models estimate many thousands of deaths among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 could have been avoided,”...
Triglyceride-glucose index independently linked to all-cause mortality
Jun 21, 2024
Association with in-hospital and one-year mortality seen for patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease
Prevalence of mental health variables higher for adults reporting loneliness
Jun 20, 2024
The highest prevalence of loneliness was seen for those who identified as bisexual or transgender.
Healthy lifestyle benefits even those in their 80s
Jun 20, 2024
Greater healthy lifestyle increases the odds of reaching 100 years of age by 60%.
Nonphysician-implemented multifaceted intervention beneficial in HTN
Jun 20, 2024
Significant reductions were seen in total cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality for those aged 60 years and older; significant reductions also were seen for those younger than 60 years.
Preoperative frailty tied to postoperative outcomes in older adults
Jun 19, 2024
Frailty was a better predictor of outcomes than was the operative stress score.
Xylitol linked to incident major adverse cardiovascular event risk
Jun 17, 2024
The sweetener xylitol was linked to incident major adverse cardiovascular event risk in an initial untargeted metabolomics study and was confirmed in a validation cohort.
Prolonged β-lactam antibiotic infusions aid sepsis, septic shock outcomes
Jun 14, 2024
A lower risk was seen for 90-day mortality and intensive care unit mortality.
1990 to 2019 saw increase in life expectancy in seniors with T1DM
Jun 14, 2024
The most significant decreases in age-standardized disability-adjusted life-years were seen for those aged 65 to 69, 70 to 74, 75 to 79; mortality fell faster in high sociodemographic index countries.