Trends and seasonal variation of hospitalization and mortality of interstitial lung disease in the United States from 2006 to 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the recent years, the overall trends in hospital admission and mortality of interstitial lung disease (ILD) are unknown. In addition, there was some evidence that interstitial lung disease death rate highest in the winter but this finding was only available in one study. This study will investigate the trend and seasonal variations in hospital admission and mortality rates of ILD from 2006 to 2016.

Method

From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database, we collected all cases with the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 or ICD-10 codes of ILD excluding identifiable external causes (drug, organic or inorganic dusts) from 2006 to 2016. Hospitalization rates of each year were calculated based on U.S Census population data. Monthly hospitalization and in

SUBMITTER: Ho ATN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7298940 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature