The Association of Chronic Opioid Use with Resource Utilization and Outcomes after Emergency General Surgery.

CONCLUSION: Patients with chronic opioid abuse did not have increased mortality following EGS but had increased resource utilization and LOS. These findings may help explore the impact of opioid abuse on hospital and societal cost. PMID: 33233990 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Investigative Surgery - Category: Surgery Tags: J Invest Surg Source Type: research