Does frailty status affect postoperative opioid use after discharge in older adults?
Frailty status in older adults is associated with significantly higher postoperative opioid consumption after discharge.
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.
Auckley et al. (Thu,) studied this question.