March 18, 2021Open Access

Frailty status as a potential factor in increased postoperative opioid use in older adults

Structured PICO

Does frailty status affect postoperative opioid use after discharge in older adults?

Population

Older adults undergoing surgery

Intervention

Frailty

Comparator

No frailty

Outcome

Postoperative opioid use after discharge

Frailty status in older adults is associated with significantly higher postoperative opioid consumption after discharge.

Abstract

Patterns of postoperative opioid use after discharge were different between patients with and without frailty. Patients with frailty tended to use almost all the opioids prescribed while patients without frailty tended to use almost none of the opioids prescribed.

Connected Papers

Building similarity graph...

Analyzing shared references across papers

Discussion

Journals

SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología

BMC Geriatrics

Institutions

University of Washington

The Ohio State University

Seattle University

References and Citations

Add This Paper to Your Research Feed

Any time a new paper drops it will be there.