Pain Research and Management (Jan 2015)

Opioid Use among Same-Day Surgery Patients: Prevalence, Management and Outcomes

  • Jennifer LC Wilson,
  • Patricia A Poulin,
  • Robert Sikorski,
  • Howard J Nathan,
  • Monica Taljaard,
  • Catherine Smyth

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/897491
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 6
pp. 300 – 304

Abstract

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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the prevalence of opioid use among patients requiring elective same-day admission (SDA) surgery is greater than the 2.5% prevalence found in the general population. Secondary objectives were to assess compliance with expert recommendations on acute pain management in opioid-tolerant patients and to examine clinical outcomes.