Too much of a bad thing: Discharge opioid prescriptions in pediatric appendectomy patients

Management of Postoperative Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Pain Society, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Regional Anesthesia, Executive Committee, and Administrative Council

Roger Chou, Debra B. Gordon, Oscar A. de León-Casasola et al. · Journal of Pain · 2016 · 3.1K citations

Medicine, Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine +15

Rates and risk factors for prolonged opioid use after major surgery: population based cohort study

Howard M. Clarke, Neil Soneji, Dennis T. Ko et al. · BMJ · 2014 · 937 citations · Full text

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +16

Wide Variation and Excessive Dosage of Opioid Prescriptions for Common General Surgical Procedures

Maureen V. Hill, Michelle L. McMahon, Ryland S. Stucke et al. · Annals of Surgery · 2016 · 884 citations

Medicine, Pharmacotherapy, Surgery +17

Persistent Opioid Use Among Pediatric Patients After Surgery

Calista M. Harbaugh, Jay Lee, Hsou Mei Hu et al. · PEDIATRICS · 2017 · 453 citations · Full text

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Adolescent Health +12

Drug poisoning deaths in the United States, 1980-2008.

Margaret Warner, Lihui Chen, Diane M. Makuc et al. · PubMed · 2011 · 402 citations

Pharmacy, Toxicology, Forensic Toxicology +7