Objective: To assess the prevalence of and identify characteristics associated with unhealthy
use before surgery. Background: Although the escalation in US drug overdose deaths is�…

Aim. Illicit substance use (ISU) is a worldwide burden, and its prevalence in surgical patients
has not been well investigated. Co-consumption of legal substances, such as alcohol and�…

Drug overdose deaths in the US recently reached a record level of 93,000 in 2020. 1 Recent
estimates suggest that 1.6 million Americans have an opioid use disorder (OUD) and 10�…

Objective: To determine:(1) incidence of “opioid never events”(ONEs), defined as the
development of opioid dependence or overdose in an opioid-naive surgical patient who is�…

Background and Objectives Perioperative exposure to opioids is associated with adverse
outcomes. We aim to determine the associations between surgery and subsequent opioid�…

Over the last decade, there has been a shift from procedures being performed strictly in the
operating room (OR) to less familiar locations within the far reaches of the hospital as well as�…

Background A majority of surgical patients are prescribed opioids for pain management.
Many patients have pre-existing chronic pain managed with opioids and/or opioid use�…

Background New-onset substance use disorder (SUD) following bariatric surgery is a
significant concern that is likely multi-factorial, although the etiologies are unclear. Previous�…

BACKGROUND: We assessed the prevalence of substance use among patients undergoing
coronary artery bypass graft and valve surgery in northwest Iran. We evaluated the�…

Substance use disorders (SUDs) represent a current major public health concern in the
United States and around the world. Social and economic stressors secondary to the�…