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New Persistent Opioid Use: Uncovering Mortality Risks for Surgical and Trauma Patients

  • Opioid-related mortality continues to escalate in the United States and other countries.
  • For many patients, their first exposure to an opioid is from a prescription for acute pain following surgery or trauma.
  • Despite the growing awareness of new persistent opioid use as a potential complication after surgery, several gaps exist regarding our knowledge of the long-term consequences of the condition.

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Bicket, M. C., Waljee, J. F., & Hemmila, M. R. (2025). New Persistent Opioid Use: Uncovering Mortality Risks for Surgical and Trauma Patients. Annals of surgery, 281(3), 361–362. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000006557