Trends in Chronic Opioid Use Around Inpatient Surgery Within the Veterans Health Administration

Karthik Raghunathan; Neil Ray; William Bryan; Marc Pepin; Robert Overman; Atilio Barbeito; Vijay Krishnamoorthy

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2895

Trends in Chronic Opioid Use Around Inpatient Surgery Within the Veterans Health Administration

JAMA Surg. 2019 Dec 1;154(12):1158-1159. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2895.

Authors

Karthik Raghunathan^{1

2}, Neil Ray¹, William Bryan², Marc Pepin², Robert Overman³, Atilio Barbeito^{1

2}, Vijay Krishnamoorthy¹

Affiliations

¹ Critical Care and Perioperative Epidemiologic Research (CAPER) Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
² Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, North Carolina.
³ Novisci, LLC, Durham, North Carolina.

Abstract

This study assesses outcomes of veterans who have undergone inpatient surgery since the Veterans Health Administration’s opioid safety initiative was initiated.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Opioid-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
United States / epidemiology
Veterans Health*

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid