Background Perioperative pain management is important for patient satisfaction while
returning to homeostasis in the safest way possible. Studies show that patients don't require …

Purpose Many hospital and provincial-level recommendations now advise a tailored
approach to postoperative opioid prescribing; recent trends in postoperative prescribing at …

Objective: To investigate the relationships between opioid prescribing, consumption, and
patient reported outcomes (PROs) in emergency surgery patients. Summary Background …

Background The objective was to assess changes over time in prescriptions filled for
nonopioid analgesics for older postoperative patients in the immediate postdischarge …

Background Excess postoperative opioid prescribing increases the risk of opioid abuse,
diversion, and addiction. Clinicians receive variable training for opioid prescribing, and …

As many as 300 million surgical procedures are performed annually, making surgical
therapy, and related perioperative management, a clear contributor to public and population …

Background Post-discharge opioid requirement after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is
minimal, yet postoperative opioid prescriptions vary and opioid-free discharges are rare …

The opioid epidemic has become a critical public health issue, driven by the widespread
distribution and misuse of prescription opioids. This paper investigates analgesic …

BACKGROUND: Up to 10% of patients develop new, persistent opioid use after surgery. We
aimed to assess our prescribing practices and patient utilization of opioids after colorectal …

Purpose Postdischarge opioid prescriptions are reportedly much higher in Canada than in
other countries. To assess potentially contributing factors, we examined trends after …