Respiratory failure, CKD-related mortality in older US adults rose from 1999 to 2021

ORLANDO — Among older U.S. adults, there has been an increase in respiratory failure and chronic kidney disease mortality rates from 1999 to 2021, according to a poster presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.“People with kidney disease frequently develop significant respiratory complications ,” Filza Rahat Khan, MBBS, emergency medicine registrar at