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Peri-operative opioid and sedation requirements in patients who use marijuana and are undergoing total knee or total hip arthroplasty: A retrospective study
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Peri-operative opioid and sedation requirements in patients who use marijuana and are undergoing total knee or total hip arthroplasty: A retrospective study

Muneerah M. Aleissa, Krystina L. Ahern and Gretchen M. Stern
Journal of clinical anesthesia, Vol.66, pp.109953-109953
11/2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.109953
PMID: 32619794

Abstract

•Patients using marijuana had increased opioid usage 72 h after THA/TKA surgery•Patients using marijuana had higher pain scores within 72 h of THA/TKA surgery•This study was not able to detect a difference in intra-operative pain/sedation for THA/TKA patients using marijuana

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