Comparison of total morphine milligram equivalents at hospital discharge between opioid-naive and opioid-experienced surgical patients: a single-centre retrospective cohort study
Preoperative opioid experience strongly predicted postoperative opioid requirements and discharge prescribing. Early identification of opioid-experienced patients and tailored multimodal strategies may improve individualised pain management. However, the retrospective single-centre design and lack of non-opioid analgesia data limit generalisability.
Authors
- Anne‐Katrin Hickmann
- Urs Pietsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6957-2638)
- Elis Liblik
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of St.Gallen (CH)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine (US)
- Ostschweizer Kinderspital (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJA Open
- Published
- 2025-10-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjao.2025.100497
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00