Table 4.
If your patient who underwent an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy was using opioid pain medication regularly prior to their operation, how would this change the opioid and non-opioid medications you would prescribe?
Opioids | Non-opioids | |||
Increase | No change | Increase | No change | |
Number or strength of medications, n (%) | 11 (16.9) | 45 (69.2) | 21 (35.0) | 33 (55.0) |
Dose of medications, n (%) | 30 (46.2) | 35 (53.9) | 18 (31.6) | 39 (68.4) |
Number of tablets, n (%) | 11 (16.9) | 54 (83.1) | 17 (30.4) | 39 (69.6) |