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Opioid Overdose After Surgical Discharge

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: period after surgical admission represents a potentially vulnerable time when a patient may be using opioids for the first time in an unsupervised setting or require an escalation of their chronic opioid dose.The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of opioid overdose after surgical discharge.

Source: JAMA

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.6933

Authors: Karim S. Ladha, Joshua J. Gagne, Elisabetta Patorno, Krista F. Huybrechts, James P. Rathmell, Shirley V. Wang, Brian T. Bateman

Institution: Brigham and Women's Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institute of Mental Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

OpenAlex ID: W2887112601

FWCI: 5.948

Cites: 5

Cited by: 46

Related to: 10