Difelikefalin, an investigational intravenous drug, improved moderate to severe itching compared with placebo in patients on hemodialysis, according to phase 3 trial results.
Pulmonary hypertension is associated with higher in-hospital mortality, morbidity, length of stay, and health care utilization in patients admitted to the hospital with an acute exacerbation of COPD.
Hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 and diabetes are less likely to be discharged from the hospital and are more likely to experience in-hospital mortality compared with patients without diabetes.
Among lung transplant recipients, tacrolimus compared to cyclosporine may be associated with decreased incidence of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and number of acute rejection episodes.
