"Houston, We Have a Problem!": The Role of the Anesthesiologist in the Current Opioid Epidemic

Anesth Analg. 2017 Nov;125(5):1429-1431. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002395.

Authors

Myron Yaster¹, Honorio T Benzon, T Anthony Anderson

Affiliation

¹ From the *Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado; †Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; and ‡Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

PMID: 29049103
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002395

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
Anesthesiologists / standards*
Drug Prescriptions / standards*
Epidemics*
Humans
Opioid-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
Opioid-Related Disorders / prevention & control
Physician's Role*

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid