To Stop or Not, That Is the Question: Acute Pain Management for the Patient on Chronic Buprenorphine.

Anderson, T Anthony; Quaye, Aurora N A; Ward, E Nalan; Wilens, Timothy E; Hilliard, Paul E; Brummett, Chad M · Anesthesiology · 2017

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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.

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