Development of Persistent Opioid Use After Cardiac Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The overuse of opioids for acute pain management has led to an epidemic of persistent opioid use.

Objective

To determine the proportion of opioid-naive patients who develop persistent opioid use after cardiac surgery and investigate the association between the initial amount of opioids prescribed at discharge and the likelihood of developing new persistent opioid use.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used data from a national administrative claims database from January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2016 and included 35 817 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) (25 673 [71.7%]) and heart valve (10 144 [28.3%]) procedures. All patients were opioid-naive within 180 days before the index procedure and filled a

SUBMITTER: Brown CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7301303 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature