Variations in Current Practice and Protocols of Intraoperative Multimodal Analgesia: A Cross-Sectional Study Within a Six-Hospital US Health Care System
In a large integrated US health care system, approximately 50% of noncardiac surgery patients received MMA. Still, there was wide variation in MMA use by patient and procedure characteristics and across hospitals and anesthesiologists. Our findings highlight a need for further research to understand the reasons for these variations and guide the safe and effective adoption of MMA into routine practice.
Authors
- Samantha Illarmo
- Sherry M. Wren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5723-8226)
- Laura A. Graham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7327-3793)
- Seshadri C. Mudumbai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8486-9966)
- Michelle C. Odden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5974-3648)
Institutions
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (US)
- Center for Innovation (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anesthesia & Analgesia
- Published
- 2024-10-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1213/ane.0000000000007299
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.22