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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Incidence of persistent postpartum opioid use by mode of delivery: a 2016 cohort study of Danish women.

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2022 Jan 12


Int J Obstet Anesth


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35124554?dopt=Abstract


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Incidence of persistent postpartum opioid use by mode of delivery: a 2016 cohort study of Danish women.

Authors

Incidence of persistent postpartum opioid use by mode of delivery: a 2016 cohort study of Danish women.
Thomsen BSV, Edwards HM, Clausen TD, Rasmussen SC, Løkkegaard ECL, Møller NK, Axelsson PB
Int J Obstet Anesth. 2022 Jan 12; 50:103254.
PMID: 35124554.

Abstract

The use of oral opioids as standard treatment after cesarean delivery has been linked to persistent use in opioid-naïve women in the USA. In Denmark, the use of opioids after cesarean delivery is typically restricted to in-hospital use. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of persistent postpartum opioid use in Denmark and compare it by mode of delivery.
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