Perioperative pain optimization in the age of the opioid epi... : Current Opinion in
Anesthesiology Perioperative pain optimization in the age of the opioid epidemic : Current …

Objective: Evaluate the association of evidence-based opioid prescribing guidelines with
new persistent opioid use after surgery. Summary Background Data: Patients exposed to …

Background Pain is challenging after recovery from total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total
hip arthroplasty (THA) procedures, and patients often receive prescription opioids. However …

Background To optimize responsible opioid prescribing after inpatient operation, we
implemented a clinical trial with the following objectives: prospectively validate patient …

Objective: This study estimates associations of regional change in opioid prescribing with
total suicide deaths and suicide overdose deaths involving opioids. Methods: A panel …

Background Despite the risk of new persistent opioid use after cardiac surgery,
postdischarge opioid use has not been quantified and evidence-based prescribing …

Background Recent data on opioid consumption indicate that patients typically require far
less than is prescribed. Prisma Health Upstate Hernia Center adopted standardized …

Methods| Based on a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report3 showing a
salient inflection point in the association of initial opioid prescription volume with long-term …

Background Overprescribing of opioids after surgery increases new persistent opioid use
and diversion contributing to the opioid epidemic. There is a paucity of evidence regarding …

Background/importance Considerable attention has been paid to identifying and mitigating
perioperative opioid-related harms. However, rates of postsurgical opioid use disorder …