Assessment of Preoperative Opioid Use Prevalence and Clinical Outcomes in Pulmonary Resection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preoperative opioid use is associated with increased health care use after elective abdominal surgery. However, the scope of preoperative opioid use and its association with outcomes have not been described in elective pulmonary resection. This study aimed to characterize prevalent preoperative opioid use in patients undergoing elective pulmonary resection and compare clinical outcomes between patients with and without preoperative opioid exposure.

Methods

The study investigators assembled a retrospective cohort of adult patients undergoing elective pulmonary resection by using the IBM Watson Health MarketScan Database (2007 to 2015). The study compared opioid-naïve patients with patients with a history of preoperative opioid exposure (>0 morphine milligram equiva

SUBMITTER: Subramanian MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8227806 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature