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  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Pain Management
  • Public Health

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  • Louisiana faces a significant opioid epidemic.
  • Postpartum pain management requires careful consideration of narcotic prescriptions.
  • Routine prescribing practices and patient pain encounters warrant evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate routine postpartum narcotic prescribing practices.
  • To determine the incidence of patient-initiated pain encounters after vaginal delivery.
  • To inform a quality improvement project aimed at reducing postpartum narcotic prescriptions.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective medical record review of vaginal deliveries at Ochsner Baptist Medical Center.
  • Data collection included patient demographics, inpatient/outpatient pain medication, and postpartum pain encounters.
  • Analysis focused on medication usage and pain-related encounters.

Main Results:

  • 187 patients analyzed; 78 no laceration, 40 first-degree, 69 second-degree.
  • Higher mean morphine milligram equivalent (MME) in no-laceration and second-degree groups.
  • Multiparous patients, especially with no laceration, used more narcotics during hospitalization.
  • Average discharge prescription: 19.4 narcotic pills per patient.
  • Mean postpartum pain encounters: 0.19 per patient, with no significant group differences.

Conclusions:

  • Despite high outpatient narcotic prescriptions, 1 in 5 patients initiated postpartum pain encounters.
  • Parity may influence inpatient narcotic use, potentially due to prior exposure.
  • Findings highlight a need to optimize postpartum pain management strategies.