Optimizing Opioid Prescription Quantity After Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test whether an individualized opioid-prescription protocol (IOPP) with a shared decision-making component can be used without compromising postcesarean pain management.

Methods

In this multicenter randomized controlled noninferiority trial, we compared IOPP with shared decision making with a fixed quantity of opioid tablets at hospital discharge. We recruited at 31 centers participating in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. Study participants had uncomplicated cesarean births. Follow-up occurred through 12 weeks postdischarge. Individuals with complicated cesarean births or history of opioid use in the pregnancy were excluded. Participants were randomized 1:1 to IOPP with sh

SUBMITTER: Smid MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11257794 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature