Impact of an enhanced recovery program for cesarean delivery on postoperative opioid use

Cesarean delivery (CD) is one of the most common surgical procedures performed worldwide and the most common major surgery performed in the United States, with over 1.25 million patients undergoing this operation annually.1 As enhanced recovery programs have been shown to accelerate postoperative recovery and decrease dependence on postoperative opioids in other surgical specialties,2 they have begun to gain popularity for CD.3,4 Such a program for CD presents an opportunity to affect outcomes for patients who could benefit from a multidisciplinary, multimodal, and opioid-sparing approach to improving their recovery.
Source: International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research