Variations in the Use of Perioperative Multimodal Analgesic Therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Practice guidelines for perioperative pain management recommend that multimodal analgesic therapy should be used for all postsurgical patients. However, the proportion of patients who actually receive this evidence-based approach is unknown. The objective of this study was to describe hospital-level patterns in the utilization of perioperative multimodal analgesia.

Methods

Data for the study were obtained from the Premier Research Database. Patients undergoing below-knee amputation, open lobectomy, total knee arthroplasty, and open colectomy between 2007 and 2014 were included in the analysis. Patients were considered to have multimodal therapy if they received one or more nonopioid analgesic therapies. Mixed-effects logistic regression models were used to estimat

SUBMITTER: Ladha KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4792695 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature