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  • Intensive Care Medicine
  • Pharmacogenomics
  • Surgical Outcomes

Background:

  • Opioids are crucial for pain management and ventilator tolerance in ICUs.
  • Identifying predictors of opioid consumption can guide strategies to reduce opioid use.
  • Postoperative ICU stays often involve significant opioid administration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine risk factors associated with opioid use in the postoperative intensive care unit (ICU) setting.
  • To investigate the influence of preoperative, intraoperative, and genetic factors on opioid consumption.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective observational cohort study of 1865 mixed-surgical patients.
  • Data collected included preoperative questionnaires (sociodemographic, health) and genetic analysis.
  • Primary outcome: mean daily oral morphine equivalent (OME) use, analyzed via linear regression.

Main Results:

  • Mechanical ventilation (effect size 1.85) and preoperative opioid use (effect size 1.67) were the strongest predictors of OME.
  • Major surgery (effect size 1.62) and illicit drug use (effect size 1.30) also significantly predicted OME.
  • Genetic variants (FKBP5, COMT, OPRM1) showed no association with OME.

Conclusions:

  • Mechanical ventilation and preoperative opioid use are the primary drivers of postoperative ICU opioid consumption.
  • Psychological factors and specific genetic variants do not appear to be significant predictors.
  • Findings suggest focusing on ventilation management and preoperative opioid history to mitigate ICU opioid use.