Hospitalization mortality and associated risk factors in patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis: A retrospective case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Polymyositis and dermatomyositis (PM/DM) are systemic autoimmune diseases with multiple organ involvements that manifest as muscular and cutaneous disorders, interstitial lung disease (ILD) and malignancies. However, information concerning the outcomes and associated factors for PM/DM patients who are hospitalized is limited.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the medical charts of PM/DM patients admitted to a Chinese tertiary referral hospital (Peking Union Medical College Hospital, PUMCH) from 2008 to 2014. The deceased group included 63 patients who had "deceased discharge" status or were confirmed to have died within two weeks of hospital discharge. The demographic data, clinical manifestations, and direct causes of death were analyzed retrospectively. Medica

SUBMITTER: Wu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5824989 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature