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Frailty status as a potential factor in increased postoperative opioid use in older adults.

Elizabeth Diane AuckleyNathalie BentovShira Zelber-SagiLily JeongMay J ReedItay Bentov
Published in: BMC geriatrics (2021)
Patterns of postoperative opioid use after discharge were different between patients with and without frailty. Patients with frailty tended to use almost all the opioids prescribed while patients without frailty tended to use almost none of the opioids prescribed.
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