Open AccessIncidence of and Risk Factors for Chronic Opioid Use Among Opioid-Naive Patients in the Postoperative Period
Author(s) -
Eric Sun,
Beth D. Darnall,
Laurence C. Baker,
Sean Mackey
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3298
Subject(s) - medicine , opioid , incidence (geometry) , anesthesia , period (music) , emergency medicine , physics , receptor , optics , acoustics
Chronic opioid use imposes a substantial burden in terms of morbidity and economic costs. Whether opioid-naive patients undergoing surgery are at increased risk for chronic opioid use is unknown, as are the potential risk factors for chronic opioid use following surgery.
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