Intraoperative Therapeutic Suggestions Plus Music Reduced Need for Opioids
Dec 15, 2020 Low-cost, easy to administer, non-drug intervention may improve patient outcomes following surgery Exposing patients to therapeutic suggestions accompanied by relaxing music during surgery led to a small reduction in the need for opioids during the first 24 hours after surgery, a multicenter study from Germany found. In an analysis involving 385 patients who underwent surgery for one to three hours, 63% of those exposed to background music and positive suggestions during general anesthesia required opioids within the first 24 hours postoperatively compared with 80% of non-exposed...
Source: physiciansweekly.com