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Infection versus cardiovascular disease as leading causes of hospitalisations and associated mortality in vasculitis in the U.S.: a national study


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  1. Medicine Service, VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL; Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology at School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. jasvinder.md@gmail.com

CER14028
2021 Vol.39, N°2 ,Suppl.129
PI 0056, PF 0061
Clinical aspects

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PMID: 33338000 [PubMed]

Received: 10/09/2020
Accepted : 19/11/2020
In Press: 02/12/2020
Published: 19/05/2021

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:
To assess the top 5 causes of non-vasculitis hospitalisations in people with vasculitis over time.
METHODS:
In a national U.S. sample of people with vasculitis hospitalised for reasons other than vasculitis, the rank (and percent) of top 5 causes of hospitalisations and in-hospital mortality were compared in 1998-99 versus 2013-2014.
RESULTS:
The top 5 ranked disease categories responsible for non-vasculitis hospitalisations in people with vasculitis in 1998-99 versus 2013-14 were as follows, respectively: (#1) circulatory system disease versus the same; (#2) heart disease versus infections/parasitic diseases; (#3) digestive system disease versus bacterial infection; (#4) respiratory disease versus septicaemia; and (#5) musculoskeletal disease versus unspecified septicaemia. The respective top 5 CCS category ranks for in-hospital mortality in people with vasculitis in 1998-1999 versus 2013-2014 were: (#1) respiratory disease versus infections/parasitic diseases; (#2) circulatory system disease versus bacterial infection; (#3) heart disease versus septicaemia; (#4) respiratory infection versus unspecified septicaemia; and (#5) pneumonia versus circulatory system disease.
CONCLUSIONS:
Infections replaced cardio-pulmonary disease among the top 5 causes for non-primary vasculitis hospitalisations and associated in-hospital mortality in people with vasculitis over time. Studies should examine modifiable factors associated with infection in vasculitis and design interventions to reduce this burden.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55563/clinexprheumatol/ammhi6

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