Prolonged use of opioids after surgery

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dualé, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; STEROID;

DRUG MISUSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84896701012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g1280     Document Type: Editorial

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