Antoine Halwagi|Nathalie Massicotte|Alexandre Lallo|Alain Gauthier|Daniel Boudreault|Monique Ruel|François Girard
Tracheal Intubation Through the I-gelTM Supraglottic Airway Versus the LMA FastrachTM
brief background racial ethnic disparities treatment pain well documented evidence disparities neuraxial analgesia use objectives study analyze racialethnic disparities neuraxial analgesia use well anticipated use among laboring hispanic africanamerican caucasian women evaluate sociodemographic clinical decisionmaking predictors actual anticipated neuraxial analgesia use among women methods laboring women large urban academic hospital interviewed using facetoface survey determine individual factors may influence choice labor analgesia delivery type labor analgesia used recorded primary outcome use neuraxial analgesia multivariable logistic regression models estimated test likelihood race ethnicity significantly associated neuraxial analgesia use anticipated neuraxial analgesia use intrapartum decision use neuraxial analgesia results univariate association raceethnicity anticipated well actual use neuraxial analgesia however association raceethnicity intrapartum decision use neuraxial analgesia controlling confounders association raceethnicity actual use neuraxial analgesia longer remained significant adjusted odds ratio hispanic versus caucasian women 066 95 confidence interval ci 024 180 africanamerican versus caucasian women 093 95 ci 031 277 contrast hispanic women less likely caucasian women anticipate using neuraxial analgesia even controlling confounders adjusted odds ratio 040 95 ci 020 082 conclusions controlling confounding variables hispanic women anticipated using neuraxial analgesia lower rate racialethnic groups however actual use similar among groups published ahead print november 10 2011