An analysis of analgesia and opioid prescribing for veterans after thoracic surgery
Abstract The opioid crisis is a public health issue and has been linked to physician overprescribing. Pain management after thoracic surgery is not standardized at many centers, and we hypothesized that excessive narcotics were being dispensed on discharge. As a quality improvement initiative, we so...
Main Authors: | Matthew J. Pommerening, Aaron Landau, Katherine Hrebinko, James D. Luketich, Rajeev Dhupar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-07-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68303-9 |
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