Abstract Purpose of Review With the ongoing opioid epidemic, efforts have been made to
limit opioid overprescribing and prevent misuse. This review looks at long-term outcomes of …

Physicians, policymakers, and researchers are increasingly focused on finding ways to
decrease opioid use and overdose in the United States both of which have sharply …

Enhanced recovery pathways have quickly become part of the standard of care for patients
undergoing elective surgery, especially in North America and Europe. One of the central …

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 …

Surgical care episodes place opioid-naïve patients at risk for transitioning to new persistent
postoperative opioid use. With one of the central principles being the application of …

In “American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint
Consensus Statement on Opioid Minimization in Opioid-Naïve Patients,” the authors suggest …

Abstract Purpose of Review The opioid crisis in the USA makes it very likely that a large
number of patients who are opioid-dependent will require surgical procedures …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to summarize interventions used in the
perioperative period to reduce the development of new persistent postoperative opioid use …

The opioid epidemic that began in North America is now a global healthcare concern, with
immense social and financial repercussions. In 2021, there were 80,411 deaths in the USA …

Additionally, the preoperative clinic is the place to use risk assessment tools to test patients
who may be at higher risk of chronic opioid use, opioid use disorder, and chronic pain …