Table 1.
Process Measures, Acronym, Definition, and Data Sources
Data | Acronym | Definition | Source |
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Process measures | |||
Preoperative oral celexocib | Celecoxib | Oral celecoxib administered in the 24 h before surgery | PDW |
Opioid-free anesthesia | OFA | No opioid administered intraoperatively | PDW |
Multimodal analgesia | Patient received 1 or more of the below | PDW | |
IV ketamine infusion | Ketamine | Yes/no patient received an IV ketamine infusion | PDW |
IV lidocaine infusion | Lidocaine | Yes/no patient received an IV lidocaine infusion | PDW |
IV acetaminophen | Acetaminophen | Yes/no patient received IV acetaminophen | PDW |
Thoracic epidural analgesia | Epidural | Yes/no patient received thoracic epidural analgesia | PDW |
Transversus abdominis plane block | TAP block | Yes/no patient received a TAP block | PDW |
Primary outcome | |||
Discharge opioid prescription | Patient discharged from the hospital with a prescription for an opioid medication | Manual chart review | |
Secondary outcomes | |||
First PACU pain score (0–10) | First pain score reported in the PACU | PDW | |
Last PACU pain score (0–10) | Last pain score reported in the PACU | PDW | |
Highest PACU pain score (0–10) | Highest pain score reported in the PACU | PDW | |
Postoperative methadone | Methadone | Yes/no patient received methadone after surgery | PDW |
Patient-controlled analgesia | PCA | Patient received patient-controlled analgesia | PDW |
Length of stay | LOS | No. of nights in the hospital after surgery | PDW |
Highest discharge pain score | Highest pain 24h | Highest pain score in the 24 h before discharge | PDW |
Lowest discharge pain score | Lowest pain 24h | Lowest pain score in the 24 h before discharge | PDW |
Total morphine equivalents (mg) | Total morphine equivalents consumed IV and PO from day of surgery until hospital discharge | PDW | |
Pre-discharge morphine equivalents (mg) | Total morphine equivalents consumed in the 24 h before discharge | PDW | |
Postoperative methadone | Methadone | Yes/no patient received methadone after surgery | PDW |
Abbreviations: IV, intravenous; PACU, post-anesthesia care unit; PDW, perioperative data warehouse; PO, oral.