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Association of Intraoperative Opioid Administration With Postoperative Pain and Opioid Use.
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Santa Cruz Mercado LA, Liu R, Bharadwaj KM, Johnson JJ, Gutierrez R, Das P, Balanza G, Deng H, Pandit A, Stone TAD, Macdonald T, Horgan C, Tou SLJ, Houle TT, Bittner EA, Purdon PLAbstract
Opioids administered to treat postsurgical pain are a major contributor to the opioid crisis, leading to chronic use in a considerable proportion of patients. Initiatives promoting opioid-free or opioid-sparing modalities of perioperative pain management have led to reduced opioid administration in the operating room, but this reduction could have unforeseen detrimental effects in terms of postoperative pain outcomes, as the relationship between intraoperative opioid usage and later opioid requirements is not well understood.