Table 2.

Clinical practice-related factors that most determined which IV pain medications physicians prescribed for postoperative patients during their hospitalization

Past clinical experiences	81.6%
Type of surgery	78.2%
Onset of analgesic effect	67.1%
Hospital formulary	58.5%
Improved functional recovery	55.7%
Simplicity of regimen	50.5%
Utility in multimodal regimen	49.3%
Better dose titratability or predictability	48.9%
Clinical practice guidelines or protocol	41.9%
Review of the medical literature	35.1%
Hospital order sets	34.7%
Recommendations of acute pain service	24.2%
Lack of active metabolites	16.0%
Colleague recommendation	15.0%
Other clinical practice-related factors	12.2%
CME courses	11.8%

Survey question: “what clinical practice-related factors most determine which IV pain medications you prescribe for postsurgical patients you care for during their hospitalization? Please select all that apply”

CME continuing medical education, IV intravenous