The Association of Postoperative Opioid Prescriptions with Patient Outcomes.
The Association of Postoperative Opioid Prescriptions with Patient Outcomes.
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DOI:
10.1097/sla.0000000000004965
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发表时间:
2022-12-01
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9
通讯作者:
Bicket MC
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作者:
Howard R;Brown CS;Lai YL;Gunaseelan V;Chua KP;Brummett C;Englesbe M;Waljee J;Bicket MC
To compare outcomes after surgery between patients who were not prescribed opioids and patients who were prescribed opioids. Postoperative opioid prescriptions carry significant risks. Understanding outcomes among patients who receive no opioids after surgery may inform efforts to reduce these risks. We performed a retrospective study of adult patients who underwent surgery between January 1, 2019 and October 31, 2019. The primary outcome was the composite incidence of an emergency department visit, readmission, or reoperation within 30 days of surgery. Secondary outcomes were postoperative pain, satisfaction, quality of life, and regret collected via postoperative survey. A multilevel, mixed-effects logistic regression was performed to evaluate differences between groups. In a cohort of 22,345 patients, mean age (SD) was 52.1 (16.5) years and 13,269 (59.4%) patients were female. 3,175 (14.2%) patients were not prescribed opioids. Patients not prescribed opioids had a similar probability of adverse events (11.7% [95% CI 10.2%−13.2%] vs. 11.9% [95% CI 10.6%−13.3%]). Among 12,872 survey respondents, patients who were not prescribed an opioid had a similar rate of high satisfaction (81.7% [95% CI 77.3%−86.1%] vs. 81.7% [95% CI 77.7%−85.7%]) and no regret (93.0% [95% CI 90.8%−95.2%] vs. 92.6% [95% CI 90.4%−94.7%]), and higher rates of best quality of life (65.9% [95% CI 61.3%−70.4%] vs. 63.1% [95% CI 58.4%−67.7%]) and no pain (11.5% [95% CI 8.8%−14.1%]) vs. 7.2% [95% CI 5.7%−8.7%]). Patients who were not prescribed opioids after surgery had similar clinical and patient-reported outcomes as patients who were prescribed opioids. This suggests that minimizing opioids as part of routine postoperative care is unlikely to adversely affect patients.