Association between Opioid Dose, Acute Post-operative Pain and Walking Distance Following Lumbar Spine Surgery.

Kosaku AoyagiJianghua HeMelanie SimpsonBrittany L MeltonSravani ChandakaLemuel R WaitmanNeena K Sharma

Published in: Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics (2019)

The findings indicated that high dose opioids on POD1 did not translate into better outcomes of pain and gait in patients following LSS. In fact, patients in medium and low dose groups walked a greater distance on POD2 and POD3. Use of a functional outcome such as gait should be considered to optimize opioid dose effects.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
low dose
high dose
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
minimally invasive
acute coronary syndrome
patient reported outcomes
metabolic syndrome
stem cell transplantation
coronary artery disease