Key result
Opioid omission during postoperative care following video-assisted thoracoscopy resulted in severe, inadequately managed acute pain, highlighting that opioid omission is not opioid sparing.
Population
1 patient (author's wife) with lung cancer undergoing her third surgery (video-assisted thoracoscopy)
Comparison
Opiate-sparing postoperative pain management… vs Prior surgeries managed with patient-controlled…
Design
Editorial
Follow-up
Postoperative period (until discharge)
Authors
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Efforts to reduce opioid use in surgery must be balanced with providing safe and effective pain relief, as opioid omission does not equal opioid sparing.
Efforts to reduce opioid use in surgery must be balanced with providing safe and effective pain relief, as opioid omission does not equal opioid sparing.
David L. Moore (2018) conducted a letter in Postoperative pain (n=1). Opioid omission was evaluated. Opioid omission during postoperative care following video-assisted thoracoscopy resulted in severe, inadequately managed acute pain, highlighting that opioid omission is not opioid sparing.
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