2025
Opioid prescribing trends and pain scores among adult patients with cancer in a large health system
Baum L, Soulos P, Kc M, Jeffery M, Ruddy K, Lerro C, Lee H, Graham D, Rivera D, Liberatore M, Leapman M, Jairam V, Dinan M, Gross C, Park H. Opioid prescribing trends and pain scores among adult patients with cancer in a large health system. Cancer 2025, 131: e70027. PMID: 40977160, PMCID: PMC12451255, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.70027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid prescribingMetastatic cancerNo painHealth systemPain scoresWidespread policy changeOpioid-naive adultsNewly diagnosed cancerOpioid-related harmsOpioid prescribing trendsPain managementOpioid prescriptionsRetrospective studyAdult patientsClinical strataPrescribingPrescribing trendsSurgical patientsLogistic regressionOpioidPainPatientsCancerStewardship policiesPolicy changes
2009
Outcomes of inpatients with and without sickle cell disease after high‐volume surgical procedures
Dinan MA, Chou C, Hammill BG, Graham FL, Schulman KA, Telen MJ, Reed SD. Outcomes of inpatients with and without sickle cell disease after high‐volume surgical procedures. American Journal Of Hematology 2009, 84: 703-709. PMID: 19787790, PMCID: PMC2783350, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21520.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSickle cell diseaseHigh-volume surgical proceduresHip replacementMedian ageInpatient costsCell diseaseSurgical proceduresClinical Classification Software codesMore health care resourcesLonger hospital stayHigher inpatient costsNationwide Inpatient SampleLength of stayMultivariable regression analysisHealth care resourcesRegression analysisHospital mortalityHospital stayInpatient outcomesInpatient mortalitySurgical patientsInpatient staySCD cohortInpatient SampleProcedural characteristics
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