Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Pediatric Cardiac ECMO Utilization: Do They Exist, Does It Matter?

Barry Markovitz^{1

2}, Jenny Kingsley^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
² Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ CHLA Center for Bioethics, Children's Hospital-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Editorial

Barry Markovitz et al. JACC Adv. 2023.

. 2023 Oct 4;2(9):100630.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100630. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Barry Markovitz^{1

2}, Jenny Kingsley^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
² Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ CHLA Center for Bioethics, Children's Hospital-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: ECMO; healthcare disparities; pediatric critical care.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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