Opioid prescription rates associated with surgery among adolescents in the United States from 2015 to 2020.

Joseph T SofiaAgnes KimIan JonesJennifer A Rabbitts Cornelius B Groenewald

Published in: Paediatric anaesthesia (2023)

The large number of adolescents being prescribed opioids for surgery in the USA each year, suggests there is a need for national guidelines aimed at adolescent opioid use, similar to the recent CDC guidelines aimed at adult opioid use.

Keyphrases

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