Surgical procedures are key drivers of pain development and opioid utilization globally.
Various organizations have generated guidance on postoperative pain management …

Acute pain management is a challenging area encountered by inpatient clinicians every
day. While patient care is increasingly complex and costly in this realm, the availability of …

This international multidisciplinary consensus statement was developed to provide balanced
guidance on the safe peri‐operative use of opioids in adults. An international panel of …

Background In the setting of a national opioid epidemic there are concerns about routine
overprescription of opioids postoperatively in both children and adults, which introduces …

Background Perioperative opioid use has been linked to abuse potential by patients,
leading surgeons to scrutinize their postoperative prescribing practices. The goal of the …

Objectives The objective of this study was to evaluate surgeon‐prescribing patterns and
opioid use for patients undergoing common otolaryngology surgeries. We hypothesized that …

Background There is increasing need to avoid excess opioid prescribing after surgery. We
prospectively assessed overprescription in our hospital system and used these data to …

The mission of pharmacy practice is to contribute to health improvement and to help patients
with medical conditions to make the best use of their drugs. Within this mission, one of the …

Background Opioids are often prescribed in excess, or unnecessarily, after ambulatory
surgery. Perioperative opioid stewardships should be a priority with an emphasis on …

Objective It has been established that most patients prescribed opioids after minor surgery
have tablets left over, better understanding the variation in opioid prescribing and variation …