• Br J Anaesth · Jun 2021

    Review Practice Guideline

    Surgery and opioids: evidence-based expert consensus guidelines on the perioperative use of opioids in the United Kingdom.

    • Devjit Srivastava, Susan Hill, Suzanne Carty, Mark Rockett, Ruth Bastable, Roger Knaggs, David Lambert, Nicholas Levy, John Hughes, and Paul Wilkinson.
    • Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK. Electronic address: dev.srivastava@nhs.scot.
    • Br J Anaesth. 2021 Jun 1; 126 (6): 1208-1216.

    AbstractThere are significant concerns regarding prescription and misuse of prescription opioids in the perioperative period. The Faculty of Pain Medicine at the Royal College of Anaesthetists have produced this evidence-based expert consensus guideline on surgery and opioids along with the Royal College of Surgery, Royal College of Psychiatry, Royal College of Nursing, and the British Pain Society. This expert consensus practice advisory reproduces the Faculty of Pain Medicine guidance. Perioperative stewardship of opioids starts with judicious opioid prescribing in primary and secondary care. Before surgery, it is important to assess risk factors for continued opioid use after surgery and identify those with chronic pain before surgery, some of whom may be taking opioids. A multidisciplinary perioperative care plan that includes a prehabilitation strategy and intraoperative and postoperative care needs to be formulated. This may need the input of a pain specialist. Emphasis is placed on optimum management of pain pre-, intra-, and postoperatively. The use of immediate-release opioids is preferred in the immediate postoperative period. Attention to ensuring a smooth care transition and communication from secondary to primary care for those taking opioids is highlighted. For opioid-naive patients (patients not taking opioids before surgery), no more than 7 days of opioid prescription is recommended. Persistent use of opioid needs a medical evaluation and exclusion of chronic post-surgical pain. The lack of grading of the evidence of each individual recommendation remains a major weakness of this guidance; however, evidence supporting each recommendation has been rigorously reviewed by experts in perioperative pain management.Crown Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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