Opioid Risk Tool, in-hospital opioid exposure, and opioid demand predict pain outcomes following traumatic injury

DA Kessler, HE Webber, C de Dios… - Journal of Health …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Prescribed opioids are a mainstay pain treatment after traumatic injury, but a subgroup of
patients may be at risk for continued opioid use. We evaluated the predictive utility of a …

An opioid-minimizing multimodal pain regimen reduces opioid exposure and pain in trauma-injured patients at high risk for opioid misuse: Secondary analysis from …

C de Dios, R Suchting, C Green, JM Klugh, JA Harvin… - Surgery, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Screening to identify patients at risk for opioid misuse after trauma is
recommended but not commonly used to guide perioperative opioid management …

Acute pain management after trauma: What you need to know

JM Klugh, JA Harvin - Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Effective acute pain control is mandatory after injury. Opioids continue to be a pillar acute
pain management of strategies despite not being as effective as some non-narcotic …