Association of Refractory Pain in the Acute Phase After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage With Continued Outpatient Opioid Use.
Matthew N JaffaJamie E PodellMadeleine C SmithArshom ForoutanAdam KardonWan-Tsu W ChangMelissa MottaGunjan Y ParikhKevin N ShethNeeraj BadjatiaMichael J ArmahizerJ Marc SimardNicholas Allen MorrisPublished in: Neurology (2021)
This study provides Class II evidence that continued opioid use following aSAH is associated with refractory pain during acute illness but not hospital opioid exposure.