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Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol
September 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, CWN L1, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. Electronic address:
Since 2015, reductions in maternal mortality have stalled globally. In some parts of the world, severe maternal morbidity and mortality have increased, and most cases are thought to be from preventable causes. This is further exacerbated by significant racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities in maternal health outcomes, particularly among countries with diverse populations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAm J Med Open
December 2024
Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.
Background: Studies examining racial and ethnic disparities in-hospital mortality for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had mixed results. Findings from patients within academic medical centers (AMCs) are lacking, but important given the role of AMCs in improving health equity.
Objective: The purpose of this study is to assess whether minority patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) institutions, which consist predominantly of AMCs, have higher mortality rates relative to White patients.
Drug Alcohol Depend Rep
December 2024
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Background: Smoking prevalence among U.S. adults experiencing homelessness is ≥70 %.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBreast cancer is a significant health challenge worldwide, and disproportionately affects women of African ancestry (AA) who experience higher mortality rates relative to other racial/ethnic groups. Several studies have pointed to biological factors that affect breast cancer outcomes. A recently discovered stromal cell population that expresses P ROCR, Z EB1 and P DGFRα (PZP cells) was found to be enriched in normal healthy breast tissue from AA donors, and only in tumor adjacent tissues from donors of European ancestry (EA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine whether neighborhood-level social determinants of health (SDoH) influence mortality following sepsis in the United States.
Study Setting And Design: Retrospective analysis of data from 4.4 million hospitalized patients diagnosed with sepsis, identified using International Classification of Diseases-10 codes, across the United States.
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