What Drives Opioid Prescriptions following Cardiac Surgery: Practice or Patient?

CONCLUSIONS: Significant variation in opioid prescribing practices following cardiac surgery was observed; the primary driver was hospital-centric as opposed to patient-specific factors. Opioid prescribing guidelines were established to standardize post-hospital pain management.
PMID: 32135155 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - March 1, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Holst KA, Dearani JA, Schaff HV, Hanson KT, Thiels CA, Erdman MK, Pham S, Landolofo K, DeValeria PA, Habermann EB Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research