Factors associated with use of opioid rescue medication after surgery
Authors' conclusion
Factors related to at-home rescue medication use closely mirrored known risk factors for persistent opioid use after surgery, such as prior chronic pain, prior substance use, affective disturbances, and pain severity before surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Outpatient surgery patients in an opioid-sparing postoperative context (NSAIDs plus up to six 5 mg oxycodone rescue pills), Norwegian hospital
- Participants
- 270 patients
- Exposure
- Patients taking rescue opioids vs non-takers after outpatient surgery
- Outcome
- At-home use of opioid rescue medication and associated risk factors
- Follow-up
- 1-2 days after surgery
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
At-home rescue opioid use · 1-2 days after discharge
Patients reporting taking rescue opioids (N=228)
35%
Preoperative chronic pain (>3 months), opioid-takers vs non-takers
74% vs 48%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Acute pain level at follow-up · >4 months
- Acute pain level, mean±SD
- 1.1±1.8
- Patients reporting opioid analgesic use (N=217)
- 4 (2%)
Original publication
Factors associated with use of opioid rescue medication after surgery. Reg Anesth Pain Med. Published 21 July 2023. doi:10.
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