Variation in Intraoperative Opioid Administration by Patient, Clinician, and Hospital Contribution.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The opioid crisis has led to scrutiny of opioid exposures before and after surgical procedures. However, the extent of intraoperative opioid variation and the sources and contributing factors associated with it are unclear.

Objective

To analyze attributable variance of intraoperative opioid administration for patient-, clinician-, and hospital-level factors across surgical and analgesic categories.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study was conducted using electronic health record data collected from a national quality collaborative database. The cohort consisted of 1 011 268 surgical procedures at 46 hospitals across the US involving 2911 anesthesiologists, 2291 surgeons, and 8 surgical and 4 analgesic categories. Patients without ambulatory o

SUBMITTER: Burns ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10792468 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature