Facility-Level Factors and Racial Disparities in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation within US Dialysis Clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac arrest occurs frequently in outpatient dialysis clinics, and immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) provision improves patient outcomes. However, Black patients in dialysis clinics receive CPR from clinic staff less often compared with White patients. We examined the role of dialysis facility resources and patient factors in the observed racial disparity in CPR receipt and automated external defibrillator application.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study linking the National Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival and Medicare Annual Dialysis Facility Report registries from 2013 to 2017. We identified patients experiencing cardiac arrests within US outpatient dialysis clinics via geolocation matching (N=1554). Differences

SUBMITTER: Pun PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9255868 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature