Opioid stewardship: a need for opioid discharge guidance: comment on Br J Anaesth 2018 Dec 28

Levy, Nicholas; Lobo, Dileep N.; Fawcett, William J.; Ljungqvist, Olle; Scott, Michael J.

Abstract

We read with interest the special and insightful article by Soffin and colleagues1 on the prescription opioid crisis. They carefully examine many of the drivers for subsequent opioid dependence after surgery and provide suggestions on how practice can and should be improved. As proponents of enhanced recovery programmes, we acknowledge that with reduced postoperative length of stay, and with the increased utilisation of ambulatory/day surgery, patients are no longer being fully weaned off their analgesics by the time of hospital discharge.

Citation

Levy, N., Lobo, D. N., Fawcett, W. J., Ljungqvist, O., & Scott, M. J. (2019). Opioid stewardship: a need for opioid discharge guidance: comment on Br J Anaesth 2018 Dec 28. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 22(6), e215–e216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2019.01.028

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 28, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Feb 26, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Deposit Date: Feb 8, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 27, 2020
• Journal: British Journal of Anaesthesia
• Print ISSN: 0007-0912
• Electronic ISSN: 1471-6771
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 6
• Pages: e215–e216
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2019.01.028
• Keywords: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1527712
• Publisher URL: https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(19)30071-6/abstract
• Contract Date: Feb 8, 2019