Perioperative Pain Management In Spine Surgery Patients: Part I

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is a comparison of pain management in opioid-tolerant spine surgery patients using a perioperative dosing goal of 150% of patient's baseline oral morphine equivalent (OME), as compared to standard perioperative dosing, which does not currently account for patients' baseline opiate use.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Abbott Northwestern Hospital; Allina Health System
• Collaborator: Allina Hospitals and Clinics
• Treatments: Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients must be 18 years or older.

2. Patients must be undergoing spine surgery at ANW.

3. Patients must be assessed to be opioid tolerant based on the established criteria.

4. Patients must be willing and able to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients unwilling to comply with research procedures.

2. Patients having surgery for correction of scoliosis.