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Chapter 10 - Opioids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2025

By
Vineet Aggarwal ,
Kiang Lien Cheung  and
Leena Mathew
Edited by
Dharti Patel ,
Sang J. Kim ,
Himani V. Bhatt  and
Alopi M. Patel
Dharti Patel
Affiliation:
Mount Sinai West and Morningside Hospitals, New York
Sang J. Kim
Affiliation:
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Himani V. Bhatt
Affiliation:
Mount Sinai West and Morningside Hospitals, New York
Alopi M. Patel
Affiliation:
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey
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Summary

Opioids are a class of chemically related medications that are the gold standard of analgesia during anesthesia as well as in the perioperative setting and in the treatment of chronic pain associated with malignancy

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BASIC Essentials
A Comprehensive Review for the Anesthesiology BASIC Exam
 , pp. 52 - 60
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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