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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: Anesth Analg. 2017 Nov;125(5):1784–1792. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002510

Table 1.

Process Measures, Acronym, Definition, and Data Sources

Data Acronym Definition Source
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.