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


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Presenter

Maher El Chaar, MD

Maher El Chaar, MD

Co-Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery
St Luke’s University Hospital
Allentown, Pennsylvania