Chronic opioid use after coronary bypass surgery.
Sameer A HirjiSamantha LandinoClaudia CoteJiyae LeeVwaire OrhurhuRohan M ShahSiobhan McGurkTsuyoshi KanekoPrem ShekarMarc P PelletierPublished 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.
Keyphrases
- pain management
- chronic pain
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- coronary artery disease
- prognostic factors
- heart failure
- coronary artery bypass
- risk factors
- aortic stenosis
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- left ventricular
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement