Multimodal Analgesia Bundle and Postoperative Opioid Use Among Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A key objective in contemporary surgery is to reduce or eliminate the usage of opioids to minimize gastrointestinal adverse effects, fatigue, and long-term opioid dependency.

Objectives

To evaluate the association of the implementation of a care bundle of 3 opioid-sparing interventions with the amount of opioids consumed postoperatively among patients undergoing major abdominal surgery and to examine the respective associations of the 3 components.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study was performed at Ersta Hospital, an elective teaching hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. All patients undergoing major colorectal surgery between January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2019, were included. Data analysis was conducted from February 1, 20

SUBMITTER: Gedda C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10483316 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature