Prescription Opioid Use for Adolescents With Neurocognitive Disability Undergoing Surgery: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Parents frequently report retaining unused opioid pills following their child's surgery due to fear of untreated postoperative pain. Assessment of pain in adolescents with neurocognitive disability is challenging. We hypothesized that parents of adolescents with neurocognitive disability may report less opioid use and higher opioid pill retention.

Methods

Adolescents (13-20 y) undergoing elective surgery (posterior spinal fusion, hip reconstruction, arthroscopy, tonsillectomy) were prospectively enrolled from a tertiary children's hospital from 2019 to 2020. Only adolescents prescribed opioids at discharge were included. Parents completed a preoperative survey collecting sociodemographic characteristics and two postoperative surveys at 30- and 90-d. Neurocogniti

SUBMITTER: Keane OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10578681 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature