Rheumatology
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To study the causes of hospitalizations and predictors of subsequent adverse outcomes for contemporary cohorts of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in the USA. ⋯ Women with SSc had higher rates of hospitalization but lower in-hospital mortality than men. Pulmonary fibrosis was the major predictor of poor hospitalization outcomes in SSc patients in recent years, emphasizing the importance of continuing to develop more effective therapies for this fatal complication of the disease.