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Preoperative patient education and patient preparedness are associated with less postoperative use of opioids

  • Rhami Khorfan
  • , Meagan L. Shallcross
  • , Benjamin Yu
  • , Nicholas Sanchez
  • , Shelby Parilla
  • , Julia M. Coughlin
  • , Julie K. Johnson
  • , Karl Y. Bilimoria
  • , Jonah J. Stulberg

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)852-858
Number of pages7
JournalSurgery
Volume167
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2020
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Surgery

Keywords

  • Humans
  • Pain Management
  • Postoperative Pain/drug therapy
  • Postoperative Care/methods
  • Preoperative Care/methods
  • Analgesics, Opioid/administration & dosage
  • Drug Utilization Review
  • Drug Utilization/statistics & numerical data
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'

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