Long term outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians after hospital intensive care.

CONCLUSIONS: Adjusted long term mortality and median number of potential life years lost are higher for Indigenous than non-Indigenous patients after intensive care in hospital. These differences reflect underlying population survival patterns rather than the effects of ICU admission.
PMID: 32484925 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Med J Aust - June 1, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Mitchell WG, Deane A, Brown A, Bihari S, Wong H, Ramadoss R, Finnis M Tags: Med J Aust Source Type: research