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Racial disparities in the SOFA score among patients hospitalized with COVID-19

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  • Benjamin Tolchin
  • Carol Oladele
  • Deron Galusha
  • Nitu Kashyap
  • Mary Showstark
  • Jennifer Bonito
  • Michelle C Salazar
  • Jennifer L Herbst
  • Steve Martino
  • Nancy Kim
  • Katherine A Nash
  • Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako
  • Shireen Roy
  • Rebeca Vergara Greeno
  • Karen Jubanyik

Abstract

Background: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score predicts probability of in-hospital mortality. Many crisis standards of care suggest the use of SOFA scores to allocate medical resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research question: Are SOFA scores elevated among Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic patients hospitalized with COVID-19, compared to Non-Hispanic White patients? Study design and methods: Retrospective cohort study conducted in Yale New Haven Health System, including 5 hospitals with total of 2681 beds. Study population drawn from consecutive patients aged ≥18 admitted with COVID-19 from March 29th to August 1st, 2020. Patients excluded from the analysis if not their first admission with COVID-19, if they did not have SOFA score recorded within 24 hours of admission, if race and ethnicity data were not Non-Hispanic Black, Non-Hispanic White, or Hispanic, or if they had other missing data. The primary outcome was SOFA score, with peak score within 24 hours of admission dichotomized as

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  • Benjamin Tolchin & Carol Oladele & Deron Galusha & Nitu Kashyap & Mary Showstark & Jennifer Bonito & Michelle C Salazar & Jennifer L Herbst & Steve Martino & Nancy Kim & Katherine A Nash & Max Jordan , 2021. "Racial disparities in the SOFA score among patients hospitalized with COVID-19," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(9), pages 1-17, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0257608
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257608
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