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Opioid stewardship amongst patients undergoing major robotic surgery at Eastbourne District General Hospital: an audit and quality improvement project

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Introduction: Although opioids are useful in the management of postoperative pain, they are a significant source of new persistent opioid use.1 Modified-release (MR) opioids have no role in modern practice with higher rates of persistent use, difficult titration, and association with ventilatory impairment and increased hospital stay.2 National recommendations have been published in the form of a multiorganisational and multidisciplinary consensus on how best to use opioids in the perioperative period.

Source: BJA Open

DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100336

Authors: J. Cowman, L. Beckett, J. Spiteri

Institutions: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Colchester 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: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,870