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Chronic opioid use after coronary bypass surgery.

Sameer A HirjiSamantha LandinoClaudia CoteJiyae LeeVwaire OrhurhuRohan M ShahSiobhan McGurkTsuyoshi KanekoPrem ShekarMarc P Pelletier
Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2019)
Ongoing opioid use 3 months after CABG is present in 21.7% of opioid-exposed patients and 3.2% of opioid-naïve patients. These preliminary findings highlight the burden of prescribing patterns on the overall opioid epidemic and the need to develop alternative pain management strategies.
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