Reducing inpatient opioid consumption after caesarean delivery: effects of an opioid stewardship programme and racial impact in a community hospital.

Caesarean section is the most common inpatient surgery in the USA, with more than 1.1 million procedures in 2020. Similar to other surgical procedures, healthcare providers rely on opioids for postoperative pain management.

A multimodal approach to reducing post-caesarean opioid use: a quality improvement initiative.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of a QI initiative to reduce post-caesarean opioid use.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Academic hospital in the USA.