Characteristics of hospital admissions for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: analysis of the nationwide inpatient sample (2012–2014)

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare clinical syndrome involving the accumulation of lipid-rich proteinaceous material in the alveoli. There is a paucity of published studies on this condition. To better characterize the demographics, complication rates, mortality, and healthcare costs of patients hospitalized for PAP in the United States, a secondary analysis on the Hospital Cost and Utilization Project’s Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) was performed on patients admitted from 2012 to 2014 with a diagnosis of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

Methods

Using the NIS database, a secondary analysis was performed on 500 admissions with the diagnosis “pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.” The clinical variables and outcome measures extracted were: patient demogr

SUBMITTER: Kim C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9509629 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature