COVID-19 Mortality Rates Versus Influenza During 2022-2023 Season
In a recent publication in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network, researchers sought to determine if COVID-19 remained correlated with a greater risk of death compared with seasonal influenza in the fall-winter season for 2022-2023. The researchers employed Cox survival models weighted with inverse probability to compare the mortality risk between patients with influenza or COVID-19 who were also hospitalized. Read more.
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Identifying Rheumatoid Arthritis Interstitial Lung Disease Risk Factors
According to a recently published study, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), factors such as age at disease onset, higher BMI, oral glucocorticoid use, and smoking history are correlated with the incidence of interstitial lung disease (ILD). The researchers sought to examine the clinical characteristics of patients with RA-ILD versus those with RA without ILD. Read more.
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