Prevalence of mood-altering and opioid medication use among spine surgery candidates and relationship with hospital cost

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 597-600

  Walid, M Sami ^a   Zaytseva, Nadezhda V ^b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA   (United States)

^b KUBAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Anxiolytic; Hospital cost; Length of stay; Opioid; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; HYDROCODONE; OPIATE; PAROXETINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950301098     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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