Risks of developing persistent opioid use after major surgery

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1083-1084

  Soneji, Neilesh ^a   Clarke, Hance A ^a,b   Ko, Dennis T ^c   Wijeysundera, Duminda N ^d  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERNOTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; FEMALE; MALE; ONTARIO; OPIATE ADDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 84997482213     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1681     Document Type: Letter

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