To Stop or Not, That Is the Question: Acute Pain Management for the Patient on Chronic Buprenorphine.
review · Level V
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Abstract
The management of acute perioperative pain in patients on chronic buprenorphine as opioid maintenance therapy is a complex process. We describe pain management approaches for patients on buprenorphine who present for elective and urgent/emergent surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Analgesics, Opioid
- Buprenorphine
- Opioid-Related Disorders
- Pain
- Pain Management