Pain management consultation for acute pancreatitis: impact on length of stay and opioid utilization.

The purpose of the study was to understand the impact of a pain management consult for acute pancreatitis patients on their inpatient length of stay, morphine milligram equivalences (MMEs) and pancreatitis severity. Adult patient data were extracted from the electronic health records from 1 October 2016 to 31 December 2018. Of 277 patients with a single acute pancreatitis hospitalization, 23 had a pain consultation (treatment group), whereas 254 did not (control group).