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Reducing Opioid Prescriptions in Outpatient Pediatric Urological Surgery

DOI

26

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0

References

2019

Year

Diana Cardona‐Grau, Ruth A. Bush, Hoang‐Kim Le, Jeannie S. Huang, Kelly Swords, Sarah Marietti, Madhu Alagiri, George Chiang
The Journal of Urology

Abstract

In outpatient pediatric surgical practice opioid prescriptions can be decreased without increasing pain scores. Physician prescribing practices may contribute more to opioid consumption than actual pain patterns.