Eliminating Unnecessary Opioid Exposure After Common Children’s Surgeries

From 1999 to 2016, opioid-related overdoses rose by 250% among children and adolescents. Acute pain after surgery or injury is the most frequent indication for pediatric opioid prescribing. However, prescribing is variable, and little is known regarding patient-reported opioid consumption and pain a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of surgery (Chicago. 1960) 2019-12, Vol.154 (12), p.1154-1155
Hauptverfasser:	Harbaugh, Calista M, Vargas, Gracia, Streur, Courtney Shepard, Li, G. Ying, Thatcher, Aaron L, Waljee, Jennifer F, Gadepalli, Samir K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Analgesics, Opioid - poisoning Child Drug abuse Drug overdose Drug Overdose - epidemiology Drug Overdose - prevention & control Female Humans Letters Male Michigan - epidemiology Narcotics Online First Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology Opioid-Related Disorders - prevention & control Pain management Pain Measurement Pain, Postoperative - drug therapy Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data Quality Improvement Research Letter Substance abuse treatment
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Zusammenfassung:	From 1999 to 2016, opioid-related overdoses rose by 250% among children and adolescents. Acute pain after surgery or injury is the most frequent indication for pediatric opioid prescribing. However, prescribing is variable, and little is known regarding patient-reported opioid consumption and pain after pediatric operations to guide opioid prescribing.
ISSN:	2168-6254 2168-6262
DOI:	10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2529