Eliminating Unnecessary Opioid Exposure After Common Children's Surgeries

JAMA Surg. 2019 Dec 1;154(12):1154-1155. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2529.

Abstract

This study investigates patient-reported opioid consumption after pediatric operations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Analgesics, Opioid / poisoning*
  • Child
  • Drug Overdose / epidemiology*
  • Drug Overdose / prevention & control*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Michigan / epidemiology
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / prevention & control*
  • Pain Measurement
  • Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
  • Quality Improvement

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid