Kyle J Kalkwarf, Brett J Bailey, Allison Wells, Allison K Jenkins, Rebecca R Smith, Jordan W Greer, Richard Yeager, Nolan Bruce, Joseph Margolick, Melissa R Kost, Mary K Kimbrough, Matthew L Roberts, Benjamin L Davis, Anna Privratsky, Geoffrey M Curran
BACKGROUND: High doses and prolonged duration of opioids are associated with tolerance, dependence, and increased mortality. Unfortunately, despite recent efforts to curb outpatient opioid prescribing because of the ongoing epidemic, utilization remains high in the intensive care setting, with intubated patients commonly receiving infusions with a potency much higher than doses required to achieve pain control. We attempted to use implementation science techniques to monitor and reduce excessive opioid prescribing in ventilated patients in our Surgical ICU...
April 30, 2024: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery