• Eur J Anaesthesiol · Oct 2020

    Association between pre-operative chronic opioid or glucocorticoid use and mortality after noncardiac surgery: A retrospective, population-based cohort study.

    • Tak Kyu Oh, Saeyeon Kim, In-Ae Song, and Young-Tae Jeon.
    • From the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam (TKO, SK, I-AS, Y-TJ) and Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (Y-TJ).
    • Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2020 Oct 1; 37 (10): 926-933.

    BackgroundThe chronic use of opioids and glucocorticoids is associated with serious side effects. Moreover, both medications are related to poor long-term postoperative outcomes.ObjectiveThe study aimed to investigate the association between pre-operative chronic opioid and glucocorticoid use and 90-day mortality after noncardiac surgery.DesignRetrospective, population-based cohort study.SettingSingle tertiary academic hospital.PatientsThe study enrolled adult (≥18 years of age) patients admitted to Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, between January 2012 and December 2018 for planned, elective, noncardiac surgery.Main Outcome MeasuresThe study compared the 90-day mortality for patients using opioids or glucocorticoids chronically (≥3 months) prior to surgery and for opioid-naïve and glucocorticoid-naïve patients.ResultsA total of 112 606 patients were included in the study. Among them, 107 843 (95.9%) were opioid-naïve and glucocorticoid-naïve patients; 3373 (3.0%), 1199 (1.1%) and 191 patients (0.2%) were chronic users of opioids, glucocorticoids or both, respectively. In the multivariable model, compared with opioid-naïve and glucocorticoid-naïve patients, the odds of dying within 90 days were significantly higher for chronic users of opioids [3.56-fold; 95% confidence intervals (CIs) 2.36 to 5.38; P < 0.001], glucocorticoids (4.17-fold; 95% CI 3.28 to 5.29; P < 0.001) and combined opioids and glucocorticoids (7.66-fold; 95% CI 3.91 to 15.01; P < 0.001).ConclusionChronic pre-operative use of opioids and glucocorticoids, together or individually, were associated with increased 90-day mortalities after noncardiac surgery, compared with opioid-naïve and glucocorticoid-naïve patients. Our results suggest that chronic pre-operative use of opioids and glucocorticoids should be managed carefully.

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