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Potentially inappropriate use of intravenous opioids in hospitalized patients.
This study examined the frequency of potentially inappropriate intravenous (IV) opioid use in hospitalized patients. The researchers looked at patients hospitalized at a tertiary medical center. Patients with cancer, receiving comfort care, or gastrointestinal dysfunction were excluded. Using guidelines from the Society of Hospital Medicine IV doses were defined as potentially inappropriate if administered more than an initial IV does in patients who did not have nil per os status. Of the 200 patients in the study, 31% were administered potentially inappropriate IV opioids at least once during hospitalization, and 33% of all IV doses were potentially administered inappropriately.
AHRQ-funded; HS026215.
Citation: Moore AB, Navarrett S, Herzig SJ .
Potentially inappropriate use of intravenous opioids in hospitalized patients.
J Hosp Med 2019 Nov 1;14(10):678-80. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3225..
Keywords: Opioids, Medication, Inpatient Care, Shared Decision Making