A limited evaluation of the association of race and anesthetic medication administration: A single‐center experience with appendectomies

• DOI: 10.1111/pan.13217
• Publication Date: 2017-08-10T06:16:42Z
• Authors: Julia M. Rosenbloom; Kumaran Senthil; Alexander S. Long; Whitney R. Robinson; Kenneth N. Peeples; John E. Fiadjoe; Ronald S. Litman
• Keywords: Midazolam

Although it is known that a patient's race may influence their medical care, racial patterns of medication administration in pediatric anesthesia have not been well-studied. The aim this study was to determine if differences exist between Black and White children with regard anesthetic analgesic medications for single procedure at our institution.We conducted retrospective review administered patients emergency appendectomies large academic children's hospital from 2010 2015. We examined the association patient preoperative midazolam intraoperative ondansetron, lidocaine, ketorolac, weight-based doses fentanyl morphine.During period, 1680 (1329 White, 351 Black) underwent appendectomy. There were no significant children. In unadjusted analysis, less likely receive than (OR=0.74 [95% CI, 0.58-0.94], P=.012). After adjusting confounders, there evidence or medications.We did find difference based on when we adjusted age, gender, attending anesthesiologist practice patterns. encourage all institutions monitor own race.