Opioid use in thoracic surgery: a retrospective study on postoperative complications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Opioids are important medications that are used to control postoperative pain. The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program has reduced opioid use after surgery. In a surgical practice with a robust ERAS program, we wanted to determine if there was a relationship between in-hospital opioid use and postoperative complications.

Methods

We performed a retrospective nested case-control study of patients who underwent thoracic surgical intervention at the Houston Methodist Hospital (HMH) between 11/2020 and 11/2021 from the thoracic surgery database with hospital morphine milligram equivalent (MME) information, comparing patients who did and did not experience postoperative complications. We determined the total MME and average daily MME patients received during

SUBMITTER: Xiao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11565303 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature