To unlock this feature and to subscribe to our weekly evidence emails, please create a FREE orthoEvidence account.

SIGNUP

Already Have an Account?

Loading...
Visit our Evidence-Based Covid-19 Website and Stay Up to Date with the latest Research.
Ace Report Cover

Opioid-Free Versus Opioid-Sparing Anesthesia for Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty

Share
Reprints
Cite This
About
+ Favorites
Share
Reprints
Cite This
About
+ Favorites
Ace Report Cover
August 2024

Opioid-Free Versus Opioid-Sparing Anesthesia for Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty

Vol: 306| Issue: 8| Number:45| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Opioid-free versus opioid-sparing anaesthesia in ambulatory total hip arthroplasty: a randomised controlled trial.

Br J Anaesth . 2024 Feb;132(2):352-358.

Contributing Authors:
C Chassery V Atthar P Marty C Vuillaume J Casalprim B Basset A De Lussy C Naudin GP Joshi O Rontes

Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here

Synopsis

Eighty patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty were randomized to receive either opioid-free anesthesia with dexmedetomidine (OFA; n=40) or opioid-sparing anesthesia with a low dose of sufentanil (OSA; n=40). The primary outcome of interest was opioid consumption in the first 24 hours in oral morphine equivalences (OME). Secondary outcomes of interest included opioid consumption in the ...

CME Image

Did you know that you’re eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report!

LEARN MORE

Join the Conversation

Please Login or Join to leave comments.

Learn about our AI Driven
High Impact Search Feature

High Impact Icon

Our AI driven High Impact metric calculates the impact an article will have by considering both the publishing journal and the content of the article itself. Built using the latest advances in natural language processing, OE High Impact predicts an article’s future number of citations better than impact factor alone.

Continue