Risk factors for new chronic opioid use after hip fracture surgery: a Danish nationwide cohort study from 2005 to 2016 using the Danish multidisciplinary hip fracture registry.
Nina McKinnon EdwardsClaus VarnumSoeren OvergaardLone NikolajsenChristian Fynbo ChristiansenAlma Becic PedersenPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
In this large nationwide cohort study, we identified several risk factors associated with new chronic opioid use after hip fracture surgery among patients who were alive within the first year following surgery. Although not all factors are modifiable preoperative, this will allow clinicians to appropriately counsel patients preoperatively and tailor postoperative treatment.