Discharge prescribing of enteral opioids in opioid naïve patients following non-surgical intensive care: A retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: To estimate the incidence of new prescription of enteral opioids on hospital discharge in opioid naïve, non-surgical, critically ill patients and evaluate the risk factors associated with such occurrence.

Methods: Using hospital-wide and ICU databases, we retrospectively identified all patients (≥ 18 years old) who were admitted to the 20-bed adult ICU of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) between July 1, 2015 and April 20, 2020. Patients' electronic medical records (EMR) were retrieved and patient demographics, peri-ICU admission data were captured and analyzed.