Abstract:Introduction
Post-operative pain management can be a significant challenge in patients undergoing burn excision. Standard pharmacologic pain management strategies include both opioid and non-opioid medications. Given the national overuse of opioids and the associated negative repercussions, it is prudent that we find ways manage pain with fewer or no opioids. We hypothesize that intraoperative administration of intravenous methadone will reduce the total morphine milligram equivalents (MME) u… Show more
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