Arterial Blood Gas Testing In ICU Is Frequently Not Done Or Delayed In Patients Who Are Asian, Black, Hispanic Or Latino, And Female Vs Those Who Are White And Male, Study Finds

Pulmonology Advisor (5/5, Stong) reports, “Arterial blood gas testing in the intensive care unit (ICU) is frequently not done or delayed in patients who are Asian, Black, Hispanic or Latino, and female vs those who are White and male, according to study findings.” Study “data were obtained from 4 ICU high-resolution electronic health records...databases for all adult ICU patients from 161 US hospitals between 2001 and 2019.” The research was published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.