Mélanie Bérubé, Caroline Côté, Marc-Aurèle Gagnon, Lynne Moore, Lorraine Tremblay, Alexis F Turgeon, David Evans, Greg Berry, Valérie Turcotte, Étienne L Belzile, Craig Dale, Eli Orrantia, Michael Verret, Judy Dercksen, Marc-Olivier Martel, Sébastien Dupuis, Claude-Edouard Chatillon, François Lauzier
OBJECTIVE: Prolonged opioid use is common following traumatic injuries. Although preventive strategies have been recommended, the evidence supporting their use is low. The objectives of this study were to select interdisciplinary strategies to prevent long-term, detrimental opioid use in trauma patients for further evaluation and to identify implementation considerations. DESIGN: A consensus study using the nominal group technique. SETTING: Four trauma systems in Canada...
March 21, 2023: Pain Medicine