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ASAIO J . Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Mortality for Patients With Severe Coronavirus Disease-20

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ASAIO J


. 2023 Oct 10.
doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002072. Online ahead of print. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Mortality for Patients With Severe Coronavirus Disease-2019

Rafal Kopanczyk[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Steven J Lisco[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ronald Pearl[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Gozde Demiralp[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Bhiken I Naik[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Michael A Mazzeffi[SUP] 5 [/SUP]



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Abstract

Racial/ethnic disparities in mortality were observed during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic, but investigations examining the association between race/ethnicity and mortality during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are limited. We performed a retrospective observational cohort study using the 2020 national inpatient sample. Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate the odds of mortality in patients of difference race/ethnicity while controlling for confounders. There was a significant association between race/ethnicity and in-hospital mortality (p < 0.001). Hispanic patients had significantly higher in-hospital mortality compared with White patients (odds ratio [OR] = 1.39, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.16-1.67, p < 0.001). Black patients and patients of other races did not have significantly higher in-hospital mortality compared with White patients (OR = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.66-1.02, p = 0.07 and OR = 1.20, 95% CI = 0.92-1.57, p = 0.18). Other variables that had a significant association with mortality included age, insurance type, Charlson comorbidity index, all patient-refined severity of illness, and receipt of care in a low-volume ECMO center (all p < 0.001). Further studies are needed to understand causes of disparities in ECMO mortality.


 
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