Severe sepsis is a leading cause of death in the United States and the most common cause
of death among critically ill patients in non-coronary intensive care units (ICU). Respiratory …

Sepsis is a common and lethal syndrome: although outcomes have improved, mortality
remains high. No specific anti-sepsis treatments exist; as such, management of patients …

Objective: Although African Americans perceive discrimination in health care settings,
experience higher levels of medical mistrust compared with European Americans, and …

Context Understanding whether and why there are racial disparities in readmissions has
implications for efforts to reduce readmissions. Objective To determine whether black …

Context Severe sepsis, defined as infection complicated by acute organ dysfunction, occurs
more frequently and leads to more deaths in black than in white individuals. The optimal …

Objectives: Racial disparities in the United States healthcare system are well described
across a variety of clinical settings. The ICU is a clinical environment with a higher acuity …

Importance Low-value health care remains prevalent in the US despite decades of work to
measure and reduce such care. Efforts have been only modestly effective in part because …

Objective: To summarize the current literature on racial and gender disparities in critical care
and the mechanisms underlying these disparities in the course of acute critical illness. Data …

The use of machine learning systems to support decision making in healthcare raises
questions as to what extent these systems may introduce or exacerbate disparities in care …

Importance Although racial and ethnic minority patients with sepsis and acute respiratory
failure (ARF) experience worse outcomes, how patient presentation characteristics …