Racial Differences and In-Hospital Outcomes Among Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19.

Ayman ElbadawiIslam Y ElgendyDouglas JosephChete Eze-NliamPenelope RampersadGeoffrey OumaRohan BhandariLee KirkseyPulkit ChaudhuryMina K ChungAnkur KalraNeil MehtaJohn R BartholomewAditya SahaiLars G SvenssonScott J Cameron

Published in: Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities (2021)

This observational analysis of a large integrated healthcare system early in the pandemic revealed that patients with COVID-19 did exhibit some racial variations in clinical presentation, laboratory data, and requirements for advanced monitoring and cardiopulmonary support, but these nuances did not dramatically alter in-hospital outcomes.

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