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Frailty status as a potential factor in increased postoperative opioid use in older adults

BACKGROUND: Prescription opioids are commonly used for postoperative pain relief in older adults, but have the potential for misuse. Both opioid side effects and uncontrolled pain have detrimental impacts. Frailty syndrome (reduced reserve in response to stressors), pain, and chronic opioid consumpt...

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Autores principales: Auckley, Elizabeth D., Bentov, Nathalie, Zelber-Sagi, Shira, Jeong, Lily, Reed, May J., Bentov, Itay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7977609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33736611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02101-4