Preoperative Opioid Use and Mortality After Minor Outpatient Surgery

JAMA Surg. 2020 Dec 1;155(12):1169-1171. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.3623.

Abstract

This study evaluates the risk of preoperative opioid exposure on all-cause mortality after outpatient surgery.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage*
  • Humans
  • Minor Surgical Procedures / mortality*

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid