Development of a Medicare Claims-Based Model to Predict Persistent High-Dose Opioid Use After Total Knee Replacement.
Chandrasekar GopalakrishnanRishi J DesaiJessica M FranklinYinzhu JinJoyce LiiDaniel H SolomonJeffrey N KatzYvonne C LeePatricia D FranklinSeoyoung C KimPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2021)
In this cohort of older patients, 10.6% became persistent high dose (mean=22.4 MME/day) opioid users after TKR. Our model with 10 readily available clinical factors may help identify patients at high risk of future adverse outcomes from persistent opioid use after TKR.