In-hospital mortality and its predictors in a cohort of SLE from Northern India.

CONCLUSION: Infections are the most common cause of in-hospital mortality in SLE and TB still accounts for 15% of deaths related to infection. Vasculitis, myositis, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal involvement emerged as novel predictors of mortality in our cohort.
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Source: Lupus - September 29, 2020 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Pattanaik SS, Muhammed H, Chatterjee R, Naveen R, Lawrence A, Agarwal V, Misra DP, Gupta L, Misra R, Aggarwal A Tags: Lupus Source Type: research