A prospective evaluation of opioid utilization after upper-extremity surgical procedures: Identifying consumption patterns and determining prescribing guidelines

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 98, Issue 20, 2016, Pages e89-

  Kim, Nayoung ^a   Matzon, Jonas L ^a   Abboudi, Jack ^a   Jones, Christopher ^a   Kirkpatrick, William ^a   Leinberry, Charles F ^a   Liss, Frederic E ^a   Lutsky, Kevin F ^a   Wang, Mark L ^a   Maltenfort, Mitchell ^a   Ilyas, Asif M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; FRACTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND SURGERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PILL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SHOULDER SURGERY; SOFT TISSUE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER LIMB; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85010053542     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.15.00614     Document Type: Review

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