Preoperative opioid use is independently associated with increased costs and worse outcomes after major abdominal surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 265, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 695-701

  Cron, David C ^a   Englesbe, Michael J ^a   Bolton, Christian J ^a   Joseph, Melvin T ^a   Carrier, Kristen L ^b   Moser, Stephanie E ^a   Waljee, Jennifer F ^a   Hilliard, Paul E ^a   Kheterpal, Sachin ^a   Brummett, Chad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; costs; discharge; healthcare utilization; length of stay; morbidity; narcotic; opioid; preoperative opioid; readmissions

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; HYDROCODONE; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS RESECTION; PELVIS SURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM RESECTION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; ABDOMEN; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COHORT STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84978701113     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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