Persistent Opioid Use After Hospital Admission From Surgery in New Zealand: A Population-Based Study

CONCLUSIONS: Approximately 1 in 11 opioid-naïve patients who were dispensed opioids on surgical discharge, developed POU. Potentially modifiable risk factors for POU, related to how opioids were prescribed included changing opioids after discharge, receiving multiple opioids, and higher total dose of opioids given on discharge. Clinicians should discuss the possibility of developing POU with patients before and after surgery and consider potentially modifiable risk factors for POU when prescribing analgesia on discharge after surgery.PMID:38493440 | DOI:10.1213/ANE.0000000000006911
Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Source Type: research