Retrospective cohort study shows pain catastrophizing predicts opioid use in high-risk surgical veterans, suggesting effective interventions.
The retrospective cohort study by Mudumbai et al makes valuable contributions to our understanding of transitional pain services (TPS) in high-risk surgical veterans, convincingly identifying pain catastrophizing as the most robust predictor of elevated TPS utilization and postoperative opioid
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