Background: There is increasing concern for the potential impact of health care algorithms
on racial and ethnic disparities. Purpose: To examine the evidence on how health care …

Objectives: To map the scope, methodological rigor, quality, and direction of associations
between social determinants of health (SDoH) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation …

Background The National Kidney Foundation and American Society of Nephrology Task
Force on Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Disease recently …

There is considerable enthusiasm about the prospect that artificial intelligence (AI) will help
to improve the safety and efficacy of health services and the efficiency of health systems. To …

Missing values in real-world data pose a significant and unique challenge to algorithmic
fairness. Different demographic groups may be unequally affected by missing data, and the …

Chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancer generally have narrow therapeutic indices
along with potentially serious adverse toxicities. Many cancer drugs are at least partially …

Background The relationship between vitamin E supplementation and the prevalence of
chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unclear. We discussed the relationship between vitamin E …

Background Body mass index (BMI or weight in kilograms/height in meters 2) is the most
common metric to diagnose overweight and obesity. However, a body composition analysis …

The best overall measure of kidney function is glomerular filtration rate (GFR) as commonly
estimated from serum creatinine concentrations (eGFR cr) using formulas that correct for the …

Background: Population data that examines recent national trends in the prevalence of
fractures are lacking in the United States (US). Materials and Methods: Analyses were based …