Hepatic resection is associated with reduced postoperative opioid requirement

Hepatic resection is associated with reduced postoperative opioid requirement

Background and Aims: Postoperative pain can significantly affect surgical outcomes. As opioid metabolism is liver-dependent, any reduction in hepatic volume can lead to increased opioid concentrations in the blood. The hypothesis of this retrospective study was that patients undergoing open hepatic...

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Main Authors: Caitlyn Rose Moss, Julia Christine Caldwell, Babatunde Afilaka, Khaled Iskandarani, Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Patrick McQuillan, Amanda Beth Cooper, Niraj Gusani, Dmitri Bezinover
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
Subjects:
Abdominal surgery
liver resection
opioid metabolism
opioid-related adverse events
pancreaticoduodenectomy
postoperative pain control
Online Access:http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2016;volume=32;issue=3;spage=307;epage=313;aulast=Moss

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