Researchers are pointing to an alarming medical study about fatal surgeries among Black youth, saying the data sheds light on why doctors and hospitals should do more to confront their own biases.
, found that Black children are 3.4 times more likely to die within a month of surgery and 1.2 times more likely to develop postoperative complications after both elective and emergency surgeries, than white children.
Several past studies have shown that Black patients -- regardless of age -- are generally more likely to suffer postsurgical complications and die after surgery than their white peers, the study said, citing poverty and lack ofOlubukola Nafiu, the lead author of the study, said the results showed that healthy children generally had very low rates of death and complications after surgery.
The rate at which patients return home after surgery also has"important implications in the overall recovery process," he added.Black patients are much more likely to receive care at low performing or inner city hospitals, according to the study, but researchers said that may not be the driving force behind the discrepancy.
Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics formally apologized for past racism toward its first Black members: Dr. Alonzo deGrate Smith and Dr. Roland Boyd Scott. The doctors were admitted to the AAP in 1945, six years after their initial applications were rejected based on race."This apology is long overdue," AAP's president, Sally Goza, said in a statement."We have accomplished a lot of good things for children.
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