Provider preferences for postoperative analgesia in obese and non-obese patients undergoing ambulatory surgery.
Anthony H BuiDavid L FeldmanMichael L BrodmanPeter ShamamianRonald N KaleyaMeg A RosenblattDebra D'AngeloDonna SomervilleSantosh MudirajPatricia KischakI Michael LeitmanPublished in: Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice (2018)
While there is a trend to prescribe less opioid analgesics to obese patients undergoing ambulatory surgery, these medications may still be over-prescribed. Less experienced physicians reported prescribing opioids to obese patients more frequently than more experienced physicians.
Keyphrases
- obese patients
- patients undergoing
- primary care
- bariatric surgery
- pain management
- minimally invasive
- gastric bypass
- weight loss
- roux en y gastric bypass
- coronary artery bypass
- chronic pain
- blood pressure
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- surgical site infection
- type diabetes
- emergency department
- postoperative pain
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- ultrasound guided
- decision making
- atrial fibrillation
- electronic health record