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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Evaluating Adherence of Evidence-Based Post-Operative Discharge Opioid Prescribing Guidelines and Patient Outcomes Two Weeks Post-Discharge.

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Papers: 15 Oct 2022 - 21 Oct 2022


Human Studies, Pharmacology/Drug Development


2022


J Pain Res


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36247825?dopt=Abstract


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Evaluating Adherence of Evidence-Based Post-Operative Discharge Opioid Prescribing Guidelines and Patient Outcomes Two Weeks Post-Discharge.

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Evaluating Adherence of Evidence-Based Post-Operative Discharge Opioid Prescribing Guidelines and Patient Outcomes Two Weeks Post-Discharge.
Arwi GA, Tuffin PHR, Schug SA
J Pain Res. 2022; 15:3115-3125.
PMID: 36247825.

Abstract

There is a growing public health concern regarding inappropriate prescribing practices of discharge analgesia. A tertiary Australian hospital first developed its after an initial audit in 2015. Adherence to the guidelines were evaluated in 2016 and 2017 which show reduced compliance from 93.5% in 2016 to 83.4% in 2017.
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