Association of Intraoperative Opioid Administration With Postoperative Pain and Opioid Use.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Opioids administered to treat postsurgical pain are a major contributor to the opioid crisis, leading to chronic use in a considerable proportion of patients. Initiatives promoting opioid-free or opioid-sparing modalities of perioperative pain management have led to reduced opioid administration in the operating room, but this reduction could have unforeseen detrimental effects in terms of postoperative pain outcomes, as the relationship between intraoperative opioid usage and later opioid requirements is not well understood.

Objective

To characterize the association between intraoperative opioid usage and postoperative pain and opioid requirements.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study evaluated electronic health record data fro

SUBMITTER: Santa Cruz Mercado LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10267849 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature