Decreasing opioid prescribing at discharge while maintaining adequate pain management is sustainable

Background: In 2018, using a pragmatic multimodal approach, discharge opioid prescriptions were reduced without affecting pain control management. Herein, we assessed whether this approach was sustainable and whether discharge opioid prescriptions could be further reduced. Methods: This is a single...

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Main Authors: Katie L. McMaster, Nicholas J. Rudzianski, Cheryl M. Byrnes, Colette Galet, Ryan Carnahan, Lauren Allan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Surgery in Practice and Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666262022000547