在安大略省的老年人中,在腰椎手术后使用阿片类药物:基于人口的队列研究

Ana Johnson1, Francis Nguyen1, Melissa Richardson1

  • 1From the Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Johnson); ICES Queen's (Johnson), Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ICES McMaster, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Nguyen); the School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Richardson); the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Rabi); the Department of Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Mann, Yach); the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Gilron, Milne, Parlow); the Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. (Evans).

概括

在接受脊柱手术的老年人中,手术前使用阿片类药物显著预测了长期的术后使用和更高的医疗保健成本. 这突出了制定有针对性的干预措施来减少这一脆弱人群中阿片类药物依赖的关键领域.