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:10.1155/2015/897491

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

Affiliations

Jennifer LC Wilson: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa, Canada
Patricia A Poulin: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa, Canada
Robert Sikorski: Department of Anesthesiology, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, Canada
Howard J Nathan: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa, Canada
Monica Taljaard: Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Catherine Smyth: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa, Canada

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.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/prm/

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