Background Hospital length of stay (LOS) is a key indicator of hospital care management
efficiency, cost of care, and hospital planning. Hospital LOS is often used as a measure of a …

Introduction Black and Hispanic/Latino patients in the United States often experience poorer
health outcomes in comparison to White patients. We aimed to assess the impact of race on …

Abstract Introduction While disparities in Black and Hispanic and Latino patients undergoing
general surgeries are well described, most analyses leave out Asian, American Indian or …

Background Regional anesthetic techniques have become increasingly used for the
purpose of pain management following mastectomy. Although a variety of beneficial …

Objective: The objective was to assess whether race/ethnicity is an independent predictor of
failure to rescue (FTR) after orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT). Summary Background …

Conflicts of Interest Statement: Authors report no conflicts of interest associated with this
work. Data Access Statement: This surgical perspective did not use data. Funding: No …

BACKGROUND: Black race is associated with postoperative adverse discharge to a nursing
facility, but the effects of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity are unclear. We explored the Hispanic …

Background Preoperative optimization is increasingly emphasized for high-risk surgical
patients. One critical component of this includes preoperative advanced care planning to …

Background Our aim was to examine differences in clinical outcomes between Hispanic
subgroups who underwent emergency general surgery (EGS). Methods Retrospective …

Background Race and ethnicity are associated with disparate trauma outcomes. This study
seeks to characterize accuracy of trauma registry classification of patient race and ethnicity …