The opioid epidemic is a public health crisis in the United States that impacts the lives of millions of people. There is a need for interventions aimed at minimizing opioid usage in clinical settings. The perioperative care period – consisting of the time before, during, and after surgery – is a time where interventions can be made in surgical and anesthesia practice to reduce the number of opioids used. Surgery and anesthesia are two areas where patients have traditionally been introduced to prescription opioids for the first time. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery pathways have been designed to integrate and improve surgical care for patients resulting in decreased length of stay in the hospital for surgical patients. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery pathways have also explored reducing opioid use during surgical care. Multimodal Analgesia and Opioid Free Anesthesia are two methods that have been researched and shown to be successful in limiting the perioperative use of opioids. Multimodal Analgesia and Opioid Free Anesthesia both reduce total perioperative opioid use and manage pain as effectively as opioids.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/38606 |
| Date | 09 October 2019 |
| Creators | Benson, Christopher Michael |
| Contributors | Offner, Gwynneth |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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