NIH R01 · 2024
Opioid-Sparing Effects of Nurse-Delivered Hypnosis During Breast Cancer Surgery
Breast cancer accounts for one in four cancer diagnoses in women, affecting up to one in eight women in the United States. All patients with breast cancer undergo surgery, yet surgery is not without risks and is associated with a multitude of side effects. Many of the complications from surgery are from the use of general anesthesia and intra- and postoperative opioids. Side effects of general anesthesia include hemodynamic instability, postoperative nausea and vomiting, suppression of cell-mediated immunity, cognitive impairment, and delayed recovery. The use of opioids is also associated with postoperative nausea and vomiting, ileus, urinary retention, pruritus, and immunosuppression.…
From the public funding record at NIH RePORTER. Describes the funded project, not the reviews below.