Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Failure to rescue following postoperative pneumonia in pediatrics: Is there a racial disparity?
Main findingResult — go to the resultAdjusted odds ratio 1.00 95% CI 0.62–1.61Authors' conclusion
We found no significant difference in the odds of failure to rescue following postoperative pneumonia between Black or White children.
Study context
- Population
- Children <18 years who developed pneumonia after inpatient surgery, NSQIP-Pediatrics 2012–2022
- Participants
- 3,139 children
- Exposure
- Black vs White children with postoperative pneumonia
- Blackn = 806
- Whiten = 2,333reference
- Outcome
- Failure to rescue (mortality following postoperative pneumonia)
Methodological detailsmulticentre registry (NSQIP-Pediatrics)
- Multicentre registry (NSQIP-Pediatrics)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Adjusted odds ratio
1.00
95% CI 0.62–1.61
P = 0.992
Events by group
Black vs White
aOR 1.00 (95% CI 0.62–1.61); P = 0.992
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Failure to rescue, overall cohort
- Failure to rescue, all children
- 117 (3.7%)
Original publication
Failure to rescue following postoperative pneumonia in pediatrics: Is there a racial disparity? Paediatr Anaesth. Published 6 December 2023. doi:10.
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