Perioperative outcomes among chronic opioid users who receive lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer

Copyright © 2019 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved..

OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify whether chronic opioid users are at increased risk for complications or hospital readmission following lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer.

METHODS: The National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare database was queried to identify patients older than age 65 years who received a lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer. Chronic opioid users were identified through Medicare Part D records and were defined as those with >120 cumulative days of opioid supply for the year before surgery. A systematic 1:2 propensity matching was performed among chronic opioid users.

RESULTS: Six thousand four hundred thirty-seven patients were identified, among whom 3627 (56%) were opioid naïve, 1866 (29%) were intermittent opioid users, and 944 (15%) were chronic opioid users. After propensity matching, 30-day mortality and 90-day mortality were nearly 2-fold higher among chronic opioid users compared with nonchronic users. In addition, length of stay and hospital charges were increased among chronic opioid users (median, 6 vs 7 days and mean increase, $12,526, respectively). Multivariable analysis revealed that intermittent opioid users and chronic opioid users were associated with an increased risk of 90-day hospital readmission compared with opioid-naïve patients (odds ratio, 1.35; 95% confidence interval, 1.07-1.71 and odds ratio, 1.72; 95% confidence interval, 1.40-2.12, respectively), predominantly burdened by infectious, renal, and pulmonary causes.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients who chronically use opioids before lobectomy represent high-risk patients. The risk of 30- and 90-day mortality, length of stay, hospital charges, and 90-day readmission after lobectomy among chronic opioid users are substantially elevated.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Feb;159(2):703-704. - PMID 31813537

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:159

Enthalten in:

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 159(2020), 2 vom: 30. Feb., Seite 691-702.e5

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nelson, David B [VerfasserIn]
Niu, Jiangong [VerfasserIn]
Mitchell, Kyle G [VerfasserIn]
Antonoff, Mara B [VerfasserIn]
Giordano, Sharon H [VerfasserIn]
Hofstetter, Wayne L [VerfasserIn]
Vaporciyan, Ara A [VerfasserIn]
Sepesi, Boris [VerfasserIn]
Mehran, Reza J [VerfasserIn]
Rice, David C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Lobectomy
Lung cancer
Opioid dependency
Perioperative morbidity
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 11.11.2020

Date Revised 11.11.2020

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Feb;159(2):703-704. - PMID 31813537

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.09.059

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315736712