Inpatient Mortality in Transition-Aged Youth with Rheumatic Disease: An Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample

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Mar 30

Full citation: Jensen, PT, Koh K, Cash RE, et al.Inpatient Mortality in Transition-Aged Youth with Rheumatic Disease: An Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample. Pediatric Rheumatology. 2020;18, 27: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12969-020-0416-4
Principal Investigator for CMRF Grant Award: Paul Jensen
Conclusions: “Transitional age was not a risk factor for inpatient mortality in this study. We did identify other risk factors other than age. Further studies are required to assess if there is an increased risk of mortality in outpatients of the transitional age group.”