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Opioid Dose Variation in Cardiac Surgery: A Multicenter Study of Practice.
Fisher C, Janda A, Zhao X, Deng Y, Bardia A, Yanez N, Burns M, Aziz M, Treggiari M, Mathis M, Lin H, Schonberger R. Opioid Dose Variation in Cardiac Surgery: A Multicenter Study of Practice. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2024 PMID: 39167548, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000007128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiac surgeryOpioid doseDose variationIntraoperative opioid administrationIntraoperative opioid doseHigh-dose opioidsAdult cardiac surgerySurgical differencesOpioid-freeOpioid administrationOpioid useMultimodal analgesiaAnalgesic techniquesCardiopulmonary bypassMulticenter studyFentanyl equivalentsSufentanil infusionSurgical patientsOpioidSurgeryAnesthetic techniqueCardiac casesAttending anesthesiologistPatientsDose
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Variation in Intraoperative Opioid Administration by Patient, Clinician, and Hospital Contribution
Burns M, Hilliard P, Vandervest J, Mentz G, Josifoski A, Varghese J, Fisher C, Kheterpal S, Shah N, Bicket M. Variation in Intraoperative Opioid Administration by Patient, Clinician, and Hospital Contribution. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2351689. PMID: 38227311, PMCID: PMC10792468, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.51689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntraoperative opioid administrationOral morphine equivalentsOpioid administrationSurgical proceduresHospital levelElectronic health record dataIntraclass correlationCohort studyAnalgesic categoriesSurgical categoriesHealth record dataQuality-improvement programHospital-level factorsPatient-level factorsNeuraxial analgesic techniquesCardiac surgical proceduresKnee surgical proceduresOpioid-reducing strategiesElective surgical proceduresMain OutcomesHospital contributionMorphine equivalentsOpioid exposureSurgical characteristicsOpioid prescriptions