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Papers: 11 Dec 2021 - 17 Dec 2021


Human Studies


2021 Dec 15


Perioper Med (Lond)


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The association of multimodal analgesia and high-risk opioid discharge prescriptions in opioid-naive surgical patients.

Authors

Langnas E, Rodriguez-Monguio R, Luo Y, Croci R, Dudley AR, Chen CL
Perioper Med (Lond). 2021 Dec 15; 10(1):60.
PMID: 34906217.

Abstract

Opioids and multimodal analgesia are widely administered to manage postoperative pain. However, little is known on how improvements in inpatient pain control are correlated with high-risk (> 90 daily OME) discharge opioid prescriptions for opioid naïve surgical patients.