The practice of chronic opioid prescription for chronic non-cancer pain has come under
considerable scrutiny within the past several years as mounting evidence reveals a …

Perioperative opioid stewardship programs aim to harness the benefits of opioid analgesia
for managing acute post-surgical pain whilst mitigating potential harm. Healthcare worker …

The use of opioids in the perioperative period is associated with respiratory depression,
impaired gastrointestinal function, post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV), pruritus …

Inadequate perioperative pain management and reliance on opioids postoperatively has
been associated with poor short-and long-term patient outcomes. A focus on provider …

Background Opioids are overprescribed after surgical procedures, leading to dependence
and diversion into the community. This can be mitigated by evidence-based prescribing …

The epidemic of opioid crisis started getting recognised as a public health emergency in
view of increasing opioid-related deaths occurring due to undetected respiratory depression …

Importance Uncontrolled and indiscriminate prescribing of opioids has led to an opioid crisis
that started in North America and spread throughout high-income countries. The aim of this …

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore beliefs and behaviors of opioid pain
medications among patients undergoing elective surgery. Background: Opioid dependence …

If the use of natural opiates, such as opium, is more than millennial, the history of synthetic
opioids begins after 1950, with the development of the so-called 'modern'anaesthetic …

BACKGROUND: The nociception level (NOL) index is a quantitative parameter derived from
physiological signals to measure intraoperative nociception. The aim of this systematic …