Evolving the Management of Acute Perioperative Pain Towards Opioid Free Protocols: A Narrative Review.

Conclusions: Effective MMA strategies have paved the way for OFA approaches to postoperative pain management, with goals to reduce opioid prescriptions, improve patient recovery, and reduce overall healthcare resource utilization and costs. However, institution-wide deployment and adoption of OFA is still in early stages and will require personalization and better management of patient expectations. PMID: 31315466 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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