Katherine J Baxter1, Heather L Short1, Martha Wetzel2, Rebecca S Steinberg1, Kurt F Heiss1, Mehul V Raval3. 1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA. 3. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: mraval@luriechildrens.org.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A previously implemented Enhanced Recovery Protocol (ERP) for children undergoing elective gastrointestinal operations demonstrated decreased length of stay (LOS) and in-hospital opioid use. We hypothesized that the ERP would be associated with decreased postdischarge opioid prescribing. METHODS: Demographic, operative, and opioid prescription data were retrospectively compared between elective gastrointestinal surgical patients in the pre-ERP (1/2012-12/2014) and the post-ERP periods (1/2015-12/2017). RESULTS: Of the 99 patients reviewed, 56 (56.7%) were treated in the post-ERP era. Overall, 48 (48.5%) were male, and the most common operation was partial or total colectomy (n = 39, 39.4%) followed by ileocecectomy (n = 26, 26.3%). Most patients were 15-16 years of age and had inflammatory bowel disease (n = 88, 88.9%). LOS decreased from a median 4 days pre-ERP to 3 days post-ERP (p = 0.02). Patients receiving intraoperative opioids decreased from 100% to 46% (p < 0.01) and postoperative opioids from 95% to 59% (p < 0.01). Patients receiving an opioid prescription at discharge decreased from 69.8% pre-ERP to 30.9% post-ERP (p < 0.01). Among patients prescribed opioids at discharge, the number of doses (median 23 to 17, p = 0.44) and the median morphine equivalents/kg remained stable (median 2.3 to 1.7, p = 0.10). CONCLUSIONS: A pediatric gastrointestinal surgery ERP resulted in decreased postdischarge prescribing of opioids. TYPE OF STUDY: Retrospective cohort study. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level II.
BACKGROUND: A previously implemented Enhanced Recovery Protocol (ERP) for children undergoing elective gastrointestinal operations demonstrated decreased length of stay (LOS) and in-hospital opioid use. We hypothesized that the ERP would be associated with decreased postdischarge opioid prescribing. METHODS: Demographic, operative, and opioid prescription data were retrospectively compared between elective gastrointestinal surgical patients in the pre-ERP (1/2012-12/2014) and the post-ERP periods (1/2015-12/2017). RESULTS: Of the 99 patients reviewed, 56 (56.7%) were treated in the post-ERP era. Overall, 48 (48.5%) were male, and the most common operation was partial or total colectomy (n = 39, 39.4%) followed by ileocecectomy (n = 26, 26.3%). Most patients were 15-16 years of age and had inflammatory bowel disease (n = 88, 88.9%). LOS decreased from a median 4 days pre-ERP to 3 days post-ERP (p = 0.02). Patients receiving intraoperative opioids decreased from 100% to 46% (p < 0.01) and postoperative opioids from 95% to 59% (p < 0.01). Patients receiving an opioid prescription at discharge decreased from 69.8% pre-ERP to 30.9% post-ERP (p < 0.01). Among patients prescribed opioids at discharge, the number of doses (median 23 to 17, p = 0.44) and the median morphine equivalents/kg remained stable (median 2.3 to 1.7, p = 0.10). CONCLUSIONS: A pediatric gastrointestinal surgery ERP resulted in decreased postdischarge prescribing of opioids. TYPE OF STUDY: Retrospective cohort study. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level II.
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