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The objective of this study was to determine whether there was an association between a patient\u2019s race or ethnicity and the receipt of an antiemetic agent preoperatively, during surgery, and in the recovery room.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A single-institution retrospective study of adult patients (&gt;18 years) who had undergone cancer-related operating room procedures under anesthesia between March 2016 and August 2021 was conducted. A multivariable logistic regression model was fitted to estimate the effects of covariates on antiemetic administration.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of the 60,595 patients included in the study, 3053 (5.0%) self-identified as Asian, 5376 (8.9%) as Black, 8431 (13.9%) as Hispanic or Latino, 42,533 (70.2%) as White, and 1202 (2.0%) as belonging to another racial or ethnic group. Multivariable analyses showed significant associations between a patient\u2019s race or ethnicity and the receipt of antiemetics in the preoperative holding area, operating room, and recovery room (all\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001). In the preoperative holding area, White patients (8962 of 42,533 [21.1%]; odds ratio [OR], 1.188; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.100\u20131.283;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001) had higher odds of receiving an antiemetic than Black patients (1006 of 5376 [18.7%]). Intraoperatively, the odds were significantly greater for Hispanic or Latino (7323 of 8431 [86.9%]; OR, 1.175; 95% CI, 1.065\u20131.297;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = .001) and patients who identified as belonging to another race (1078 of 1202 [89.7%]; OR, 1.582; 95% CI, 1.290\u20131.941;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001) than for Black patients (4468 of 5376 [83.1%]). In the recovery room, Asian (499 of 3053 [16.3%]; OR, 1.328; 95% CI: 1.127\u20131.561;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001), Hispanic or Latino (1335 of 8431 [15.8%]; OR, 1.208; 95% CI, 1.060\u20131.377;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .005), and White patients (6533 of 42,533 [15.4%]; OR, 1.276; 95% CI, 1.140\u20131.427;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001) had significantly higher odds of receiving antiemetics than Black patients (646 of 5376 [12%]).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This retrospective study suggests significant differences between the administrations of antiemetics to patients of different races or ethnicities, with Black patients often being less likely to receive an antiemetic than patients belonging to all other races or ethnicities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1213\/ane.0000000000007135","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,23]],"date-time":"2024-08-23T21:42:59Z","timestamp":1724449379000},"page":"276-285","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Racial and Ethnic Differences in Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Care"],"prefix":"10.1213","volume":"141","author":[{"given":"Pascal","family":"Owusu-Agyemang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Olakunle","family":"Idowu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arun","family":"Muthukumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Juan Jose","family":"Guerra-Londono","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Techecia","family":"Idowu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nancy N.","family":"Diaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lei","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Malachi","family":"Miller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Houston, Tillman J. 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