Pain or No Pain, We Will Give You Opioids: Relationship Between Number of Opioid Pills Prescribed and Severity of Pain after Operation in US vs Non-US Patients

• Main Authors: Mohamad El Moheb, Ava Mokhtari, Kelsey Han, Inge van Erp, Napaporn Kongkaewpaisan, Zhenyi Jia, Gabriel Rodriguez, Manasnun Kongwibulwut, Haytham MA Kaafarani, Joseph V. Sakran, Bellal Joseph, Camilo Ortega, Sonia Lopez Flores, Bernardo J. Gutierrez-Sougarret, Huanlong Qin, Renyuan Gao, Jun Yang, Zhiguo Wang, Zhiguang Gao, Supparerk Prichayudh, Gwendolyn van der Wilden, Napakadol Noppakunsomboom, Ramzi Alami
• Other Authors: Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/60539
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2020 American College of Surgeons Background: Patients in the US receive disproportionally higher amounts of opioids after operations compared with their non-US counterparts. We aimed to assess the relationship between perceived pain severity after operation and the amount of opioid medications pr...