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2022 Feb 15


Surgery

Predicting persistent opioid use after surgery using electronic health record and patient-reported data.

Authors

Singh K, Murali A, Stevens H, Vydiswaran VVG, Bohnert A, Brummett CM, Fernandez AC
Surgery. 2022 Feb 15.
PMID: 35181126.

Abstract

More than 100 million surgeries take place annually in the United States, and more than 90% of surgical patients receive an opioid prescription. A sizable minority of these patients will go on to use opioids long-term, contributing to the national opioid epidemic.