Background Widely used for acute pain management, the clinical benefit from perioperative
use of gabapentinoids is uncertain. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the …

Opioids form an important component of general anesthesia and perioperative analgesia.
Discharge opioid prescriptions are identified as a contributor for persistent opioid use and …

Surgical procedures are key drivers of pain development and opioid utilization globally.
Various organizations have generated guidance on postoperative pain management …

This international multidisciplinary consensus statement was developed to provide balanced
guidance on the safe peri‐operative use of opioids in adults. An international panel of …

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 …

Background While persistent opioid use after surgery has been the subject of a large
number of studies, it is unknown how much variability in the definition of persistent use …

Objective Opioid use disorder (OUD), which includes the morbidity of dependence and
mortality of overdose, has reached epidemic proportions in the United States …

With a focus on practical acute pain management in adults in the hospital setting, this book
provides health professionals with simple and practical information to help them manage …

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Perioperative pain management is a unique challenge in patients undergoing spine surgery
due to the increased incidence of both pre-existing chronic pain conditions and chronic …