Trends in multimodal analgesics among end-stage renal disease patients undergoing lower extremity amputation in the US from 2009 to 2018

Br J Anaesth. 2022 Feb;128(2):e43-e45. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.10.028. Epub 2021 Nov 28.

Authors

Tetsu Ohnuma¹, C Russell Horres 3rd², Karthik Raghunathan³, Raquel R Bartz², Vijay Krishnamoorthy², M Alan Brookhart⁴, Michael L Kent²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.

PMID: 34852927
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.10.028

No abstract available

Keywords: end-stage renal disease; lower extremity amputation; multimodal analgesia; non-opioid analgesics; opioids; postoperative analgesia.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Amputation, Surgical / methods*
Analgesics / administration & dosage*
Cohort Studies
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
Lower Extremity / surgery
Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy*
Pain, Postoperative / etiology
Retrospective Studies
United States

Substances

Analgesics