Decreasing Postoperative Adverse Events and Waste Costs With Low-Dose Opioid And Ready-to-Administer (RTA) Medications

This Special Report reviews data evaluating the association of adverse outcomes and intraoperative opioid dose; ...

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Opioid Prescribing After Surgery Found Similar for Seniors, but Doses Are Lower

Although there has been no decrease in the number of opioid prescriptions that older adults receive after surgery, ...

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Use of Opioid Tool Can Limit Exposure In Those at Risk for Dependence

San Diego—A team of anesthesiologists has devised what they believe may be a simple way to address the opioid ...

JUNE 22, 2022

For TKA Patients, Use of Psychotropics Increases Consumption of Opioids

Patient use of long-term psychotropics is associated with increased opioid consumption and more consults with an ...

JUNE 1, 2022

Standardized Protocol Can Reduce Opioid Use in Pediatric Tonsillectomy

Introducing a quality improvement initiative can successfully narrow the wide variation in clinicians’ opioid ...

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

CDC Guidelines Offer Tool for Safer Opioid Use

Overprescribing of opioids is still happening.

MAY 26, 2021

Opioid Prescribing Too High After Minimally Invasive Surgery

Las Vegas—Opioid prescribing after minimally invasive surgery (MIS) remains unacceptably high, according to ...

AUGUST 19, 2019