Māori Health Outcomes in Intensive Care Following Cardiac Surgery in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Background: Māori, the indigenous peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) experience disproportionately worse outcomes in cardiovascular health compared to non-Māori. Waikato Hospital provides tertiary cardiothoracic services to the Midland region of NZ, and has instituted an official policy to eliminate ethnic inequity in health. We aimed to audit the outcomes of our cardiothoracic intensive care unit (ICU) against this standard.

Mortality outcomes for Māori requiring renal replacement therapy during critical illness: a single unit audit in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Background: Māori in New Zealand (NZ) are disproportionately affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD) and experience lower life expectancy on community dialysis compared with non-Māori. We previously identified a higher renal replacement therapy (RRT) requirement for Māori in our intensive care unit (ICU), the tertiary referral centre for NZ's Te Manawa Taki region.

Aim: To describe mortality outcomes by ethnicity in the population requiring RRT in our ICU.