Fighting Back: Institutional Strategies to Combat the Opioid Epidemic: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current research on opioid use within orthopedic surgery has focused on efforts to identify patients at risk for chronic opioid use. Studies addressing prevention of opioid misuse related to orthopedic care are lacking. Evidence-based interventions to reduce the reliance on opioids for post-operative pain relief will be a key component of any comprehensive institutional opioid policy.

Questions/purposes

The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate institutional strategies that reduce opioid administration or consumption after orthopedic surgery.

Methods

Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist, a search was conducted of the PubMed database for English-language articles that analyzed interventio

SUBMITTER: Lovecchio F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6384220 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature