In-hospital use of opioids increases rate of coded postoperative paralytic ileus.

WG, Goettsch; MP, Sukel; der Peet DL, van; Riemsdijk MM, van; RM, Herings

doi:10.1002/pds.1338

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In-hospital use of opioids increases rate of coded postoperative paralytic ileus.

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Authors:

Goettsch WG

Sukel MP

van der Peet DL

Abstract

<h4>Purpose</h4>To determine the association between opioid use and the occurrence of postoperative paralytic ileus (POI) after different types of surgery.<h4>Methods</h4>The PHARMO database was used to perform a case control study in which intramural drug utilisation data were linked to hospital di...

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