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AbstractBackgroundPrevious studies have been inconclusive about racial disparities in sepsis. This study evaluated the impact of ethnic background on management and outcome in sepsis and septic shock.MethodsThis analysis included 17,146 patients suffering from sepsis and septic shock from the multicenter eICU Collaborative Research Database. Generalized estimated equation (GEE) population-averaged models were used to fit three sequential regression models for the binary primary outcome of hospital mortality.ResultsNon-Hispanic whites were the predominant group (n = 14,124), followed by African Americans (n = 1,852), Hispanics (n = 717), Asian Americans (n = 280), Native Americans (n = 146) and others (n = 830). Overall, the intensive care treatment and hospital mortality were similar between all ethnic groups.This finding was concordant in patients with septic shock and persisted after adjusting for patient-level variables (age, sex, mechanical ventilation, vasopressor use and comorbidities) and hospital variables (teaching hospital status, number of beds in the hospital).ConclusionWe could not detect ethnic disparities in the management and outcomes of critically ill septic patients and patients suffering from septic shock. Disparate outcomes among critically ill septic patients of different ethnicities are a public health, rather than a critical care challenge.
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Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf. Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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