Does a guideline for discharge opioid prescriptions based on pre-discharge usage decrease opioid prescriptions and effectively treat pain in patients admitted after general surgical procedures?
Implementing a discharge opioid prescription guideline based on pre-discharge usage can substantially decrease opioid prescriptions while effectively managing pain.
For patients admitted after surgical procedures, post-discharge opioid use is best predicted by usage the day before discharge. Use of this guideline could decrease opioid prescriptions substantially and effectively treat patients' pain.
Hill et al. (Thu,) studied this question.