Postoperative opioid prescribing: Getting it RIGHTT.

Brian K. Yorkgitis; Gabriel A. Brat

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Postoperative opioid prescribing: Getting it RIGHTT.

March 21, 2018

Yorkgitis BK, Brat GA. Am J Surg. 2018;215(4):707-711.

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Use of mnemonics to recall standardized steps can help augment reliability. This review discusses the development of the RIGHTT mnemonic (Risk for adverse event, Insight into pain, Going over pain plan, Halting opioids, Tossing unused opioids and Trouble identification) designed to help surgeons improve safety of opioid prescribing for surgical pain.

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