Key result
A structured preoperative screening process and dedicated perioperative pain service consult was developed to identify and optimize opioid-tolerant patients before elective surgery.
Why the study?
Opioid-tolerant individuals have greater risk of perioperative complications and worse clinical outcomes, prompting development of a preoperative screening process and structured approach to identify and optimize these patients before elective surgery.
A structured preoperative screening and pain consult process was developed to optimize opioid-tolerant patients before elective surgery.
May guide preoperative optimization of opioid-tolerant patients; leaves open impact on clinical outcomes.
Opioid-tolerant individuals have greater risk of perioperative complications and worse clinical outcomes. A preoperative screening process and structured approach to opioid-tolerant patients was developed to identify and optimize these patients before elective surgery.
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Rim et al. (2020) studied this question. A structured preoperative screening process and dedicated perioperative pain service consult was developed to identify and optimize opioid-tolerant patients before elective surgery.
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