Review of the Transitional Pain Service as a method of postoperative opioid weaning and a service aimed at minimizing the risk of chronic post-surgical pain
Opioid use and prescribing have become a subject of increasing focus and scrutiny. The ongoing “opioid epidemic” in North America has further increased interest in this area. In patients presenting for surgery, the prescribing of opioids during and following admission to hospital is commonplace and...
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| author | John Mikhaeil Kennedy Ayoo Hance Clarke Marcin Wąsowicz Alexander Huang |
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| description | Opioid use and prescribing have become a subject of increasing focus and scrutiny. The ongoing “opioid epidemic” in North America has further increased interest in this area. In patients presenting for surgery, the prescribing of opioids during and following admission to hospital is commonplace and has been identified as a potential contributor to the growing opioid problem in North America. This review aims to present the timeline of the “opioid epidemic” as well as to introduce the concept of a “Transitional Pain Service”. The Transitional Pain Service is a multidisciplinary service originating at Toronto General Hospital that employs a multi-faceted approach to monitoring opioid use after discharge from surgery, and aims to safely wean patients from opioids while maintaining effective pain management. This approach and its results will be discussed in this review. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b17c670a593e4e10a1ae21ab8280d3732022-12-21T19:56:24ZengTermedia Publishing HouseAnaesthesiology Intensive Therapy1642-57581731-25312020-06-0152214815310.5114/ait.2020.9601840847Review of the Transitional Pain Service as a method of postoperative opioid weaning and a service aimed at minimizing the risk of chronic post-surgical painJohn MikhaeilKennedy AyooHance ClarkeMarcin WąsowiczAlexander HuangOpioid use and prescribing have become a subject of increasing focus and scrutiny. The ongoing “opioid epidemic” in North America has further increased interest in this area. In patients presenting for surgery, the prescribing of opioids during and following admission to hospital is commonplace and has been identified as a potential contributor to the growing opioid problem in North America. This review aims to present the timeline of the “opioid epidemic” as well as to introduce the concept of a “Transitional Pain Service”. The Transitional Pain Service is a multidisciplinary service originating at Toronto General Hospital that employs a multi-faceted approach to monitoring opioid use after discharge from surgery, and aims to safely wean patients from opioids while maintaining effective pain management. This approach and its results will be discussed in this review.https://www.termedia.pl/Review-of-the-Transitional-Pain-Service-as-a-method-of-postoperative-opioid-weaning-and-a-service-aimed-at-minimizing-the-risk-of-chronic-post-surgical-pain,118,40847,1,1.htmltransitional pain service opioids analgesia chronic post-surgical pain chronic pain opioid weaning |
| spellingShingle | John Mikhaeil Kennedy Ayoo Hance Clarke Marcin Wąsowicz Alexander Huang Review of the Transitional Pain Service as a method of postoperative opioid weaning and a service aimed at minimizing the risk of chronic post-surgical pain Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy transitional pain service opioids analgesia chronic post-surgical pain chronic pain opioid weaning |
| title | Review of the Transitional Pain Service as a method of postoperative opioid weaning and a service aimed at minimizing the risk of chronic post-surgical pain |
| title_full | Review of the Transitional Pain Service as a method of postoperative opioid weaning and a service aimed at minimizing the risk of chronic post-surgical pain |
| title_fullStr | Review of the Transitional Pain Service as a method of postoperative opioid weaning and a service aimed at minimizing the risk of chronic post-surgical pain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Review of the Transitional Pain Service as a method of postoperative opioid weaning and a service aimed at minimizing the risk of chronic post-surgical pain |
| title_short | Review of the Transitional Pain Service as a method of postoperative opioid weaning and a service aimed at minimizing the risk of chronic post-surgical pain |
| title_sort | review of the transitional pain service as a method of postoperative opioid weaning and a service aimed at minimizing the risk of chronic post surgical pain |
| topic | transitional pain service opioids analgesia chronic post-surgical pain chronic pain opioid weaning |
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