Innovative patient education and pain management protocols to achieve opioid-free shoulder arthroplasty

Background: The creation of pain as the fifth vital sign led to skyrocketing opioid prescriptions and a crisis with addiction and abuse among Americans. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a patient engagement model including education and innovative opioid-free multimodal...

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Main Authors: Vani J. Sabesan, MD, Kiran Chatha, MD, Sandra Koen, M-ATC, Mirelle Dawoud, MS, Gregory Gilot, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:JSES International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666638320300153