While recovering from major surgery, Black patients may be less likely to receive certain multimodal analgesia options and more likely to receive oral opioids than white patients, according to research being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2024 annual meeting.
American Society of AnesthesiologistsOct 21 2024 While recovering from major surgery, Black patients may be less likely to receive certain multimodal analgesia options and more likely to receive oral opioids than white patients, according to research being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2024 annual meeting.
In the retrospective study, Black patients were 29% less likely than white patients to receive multimodal anesthesia using a combination of four drugs. Additionally, while almost all patients received at least one dose of an opioid intravenously , Black patients were 74% more likely than white patients to receive oral opioids in addition to IV opioids.
Niloufar Masoudi, M.D., MPH, lead author of the study, anesthesiologist and research assistant at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
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