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  • Public Health
  • Clinical Pharmacology

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  • Effective postoperative pain management is essential for patient recovery and satisfaction.
  • Smoking's impact on postoperative pain and analgesic needs is not well understood.
  • Investigating differences in opioid requirements between smokers and nonsmokers post-surgery is critical.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if smokers have different postoperative opioid requirements than nonsmokers within 24 and 48 hours after surgery.
  • To analyze the association between smoking status and postoperative pain intensity.
  • To inform pain management strategies by understanding the influence of smoking.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies.
  • Literature search conducted in Web of Science and PubMed.
  • Opioid doses standardized to morphine equivalents; random effects model used.

Main Results:

  • Smokers required significantly higher opioid doses at both 24 hours (SMD 0.90) and 48 hours (SMD 0.61) post-surgery.
  • On average, smokers needed 33.7% more opioids than nonsmokers.
  • Smokers reported significantly higher pain scores at 24 hours post-surgery (SMD 0.59).

Conclusions:

  • Patients who smoke exhibit significantly increased postoperative opioid requirements and pain scores compared to nonsmokers.
  • Evidence suggests smoking status is a key factor in postoperative pain management.
  • Further research is warranted to explore underlying mechanisms and optimize pain control for smokers.