Associations between acute pain after vaginal delivery and postpartum opioid prescription fills: a retrospective case-controlled study

Br J Anaesth. 2024 May;132(5):978-981. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.01.038. Epub 2024 Feb 29.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Magee-Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

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Keywords: childbirth; opioids; pain; postpartum; prescription; vaginal delivery.

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