Patient Factors Associated With Opioid Consumption in the Month Following Major Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to determine preoperative patient characteristics associated with postoperative outpatient opioid use and assess the frequency of postoperative opioid overprescribing.

Summary background data

Although characteristics associated with inpatient opioid use have been described, data regarding patient factors associated with opioid use after discharge are lacking. This hampers the development of individualized approaches to postoperative prescribing.

Methods

We included opioid-naïve patients undergoing hysterectomy, thoracic surgery, and total knee and hip arthroplasty in a single-center prospective observational cohort study. Preoperative phenotyping included self-report measures to assess pain severity, fibromyalgia survey criteria sco

SUBMITTER: Larach DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7068729 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature