De-implementation of extended-release opioids from peri-operative pathways

N Levy; K Raghunathan; D N Lobo

doi:10.1111/anae.15487

De-implementation of extended-release opioids from peri-operative pathways

Anaesthesia. 2021 Dec;76(12):1559-1562. doi: 10.1111/anae.15487. Epub 2021 Apr 23.

Authors

N Levy¹, K Raghunathan², D N Lobo^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St. Edmunds, UK.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Population Health, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
³ Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
⁴ David Greenfield Metabolic Physiology Unit, MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.

PMID: 33891306
DOI: 10.1111/anae.15487

No abstract available

Keywords: de-implementation; extended-release opioids; immediate-release opioids; opioid stewardship; peri-operative pathways; postoperative pain; recovery.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid*
Humans
Pain, Postoperative* / drug therapy
Pain, Postoperative* / prevention & control

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid

Grants and funding

MR/P021220/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom