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Do you use IV acetaminophen as part of a standardized protocol or do you select patients you think are appropriate for this approach based on specific criteria?

Do you use IV acetaminophen as part of a standardized protocol or do you select patients you think are appropriate for this approach based on specific criteria?

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Why is the exclusive use of IV opioids in bariatric surgery patients problematic and why is IV acetaminophen uniquely qualified to be part of multimodal post-operative pain management?

Why is the exclusive use of IV opioids in bariatric surgery patients problematic and why is IV acetaminophen uniquely qualified to be part of multimodal post-operative pain management?

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Why do bariatric surgery patients represent an ideal patient population for use of IV acetaminophen as a part of multimodal post-operative pain management?

Why do bariatric surgery patients represent an ideal patient population for use of IV acetaminophen as a part of multimodal post-operative pain management?

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What are the pharmacoeconomic and "pain management policy" implications of your study evaluating costs and clinical metrics in bariatric surgery patients managed with IV acetaminophen?

What are the pharmacoeconomic and “pain management policy” implications of your study evaluating differential costs and clinical metrics in bariatric surgery patients managed with IV acetaminophen? What are the institutional and patient ...

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Did your study show that the group that received IV acetaminophen incurred fewer emergency department visits, hospital readmissions, pain-related complaints, and lower indirect costs?

Did your study essentially show that even though pain scores did not differ significantly during the post-op 24 hour period between the groups that did and did not receive IV acetaminophen, during the 30-day post-op observation period, ...

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What differences in quality-of-life and/or patient-reported pain measures or scores did you observe in the group treated with IV acetaminophen?

What differences in quality-of-life and/or patient-reported pain measures or scores did you observe in the group treated with IV acetaminophen?

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With respect to reduction in overall costs associated with deployment of pre- and post-operative IV acetaminophen in bariatric surgery, where did you observe the greatest cost savings?

With respect to reduction in overall costs — including direct and indirect costs — associated with deployment of pre- and post-operative IV acetaminophen in bariatric surgery patients, where did you observe the greatest cost savings in ...

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What time parameters did you use for tracking reduction in ED visits and hospital readmissions associated with IV acetaminophen use? And what about the need to use rescue narcotics?

What time parameters did you use for tracking reduction in emergency department visits and hospital readmissions associated with IV acetaminophen use? And what about the need to use rescue narcotics?

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Can you summarize your study results evaluating cost-savings and clinical metric improvements using IV acetaminophen within multimodal pain management for bariatric surgery?

Can you summarize and discuss the trial design and results of your study published in JGS (J Gastrointest Surg. 2016 Apr;20(4):715-24) evaluating cost-savings and clinical metric improvements using IV acetaminophen as a core agent within ...

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How did you address the issue of (a) poor pain control and/or (b) recurrent emergency department visits and/or hospital readmissions in your patients who underwent bariatric surgery?

How did you address the issue of (a) poor pain control and/or (b) recurrent emergency department visits and/or hospital readmissions in your patients who underwent bariatric surgery? And how did your study help identify solutions and/or ...

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How does the use of IV acetaminophen differ from the use of oral acetaminophen? Do GI symptoms -- nausea, vomiting and intolerance to PO intake --affect your decision?

How does the use of IV acetaminophen differ from the use of oral acetaminophen, especially when used in conjunction with IV opioid therapy? Do GI symptoms — nausea, vomiting and intolerance to PO intake — or concerns about malabsorption ...

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Are there any contraindications to the use of IV acetaminophen in the setting of bariatric or other surgical procedures? What are the implications for dosing and/or dose reduction?

Are there any contraindications to the use of IV acetaminophen in the setting of bariatric or other surgical procedures? What are the implications for dosing and/or dose reduction?