Rates and risk factors for prolonged opioid use after major surgery: Population based cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Clarke, Hance ^a,b,c   Soneji, Neilesh ^b,d   Ko, Dennis T ^c,e,f   Yun, Lingsong ^d   Wijeysundera, Duminda N ^a,b,e,f,g  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; OPIATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84896707269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g1251     Document Type: Article

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