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Persistent Postoperative Opioid Use: A Systematic Literature Search of Definitions and Population-based Cohort Study.
Abstract
While persistent opioid use after surgery has been the subject of a large number of studies, it is unknown how much variability in the definition of persistent use impacts the reported incidence across studies. The objective was to evaluate the incidence of persistent use estimated with different definitions using a single cohort of postoperative patients, as well as the ability of each definition to identify patients with opioid-related adverse events.