Racial disparities seen in pediatric severe sepsis outcomes

Racial disparities seen in pediatric severe sepsis outcomes

Researchers examined 9,816 youths diagnosed with severe sepsis in 2016 and found that the overall death rate was 14.6%, with the rate significantly higher among Blacks at 18.4%, compared with Hispanics at 13.7% or whites at 13.4%. The findings, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, also showed that Black youths were almost 20% more likely to die, compared with whites.

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