Opioid Prescribing Rate for Nonoperative Distal Radius Fractures and Clinician Response to a Clinical Decision Support Alert

CONCLUSION: Over 90% of patients (106/118) continued to receive an opioid medication despite having a known risk factor for abuse. Additionally, we found older patients were more likely to be prescribed opioids for nonoperatively managed distal radius fractures.PMID:38490894 | DOI:10.1016/j.jemermed.2023.12.002

Source: Pain Physician - March 15, 2024 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Ben Averkamp Katherine Li Meghan K Wally Tamar Roomian Christopher Griggs Michael Runyon Joseph R Hsu Rachel B Seymour PRIMUM Group Michael Beuhler Michael J Bosse Manuel Castro Michael Gibbs Steven Jarrett Daniel Leas Susan Odum Ziqing Yu James Rachal An Source Type: research