From April 2020 through April 2021, 75,673 Americans died from opioid overdoses, nearly
one-quarter of which directly involved prescription opioids. 1 This represents the first time …

Background Postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) in cardiac surgery patients is
multifactorial and associated with low oxygen delivery (DO 2) during cardiopulmonary …

Background Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has been associated with improved
perioperative outcomes after thoracic surgery; however, the impact on long-term opioid use …

Objective: To compare patient-reported outcomes before and after implementation of
evidence-based, procedure-specific opioid prescribing guidelines. Background: The opioid …

Introduction Opioids are commonly prescribed beyond what is necessary to adequately
manage postoperative pain, increasing the likelihood of chronic opioid use, pill diversion …

Background Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a guideline-recommended risk-reduction program
offered to cardiac surgical patients. Despite CR's association with better outcomes …

Background Opioid prescribing guidelines have significantly decreased overprescribing and
post-discharge use after cardiac surgery; however, limited recommendations exist for …

Background Whether all patients will require an opioid prescription after cardiac surgery is
unknown. We performed a multicenter analysis to identify patient predictors of not receiving …

Introduction Prescription opioids, including those prescribed after surgery, have greatly
contributed to the US opioid epidemic. Educating opioid prescribers is a crucial component …

Abstract Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery programs have been shown to
effectively reduce opioid prescriptions at discharge after their implementation in several …