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Hey-Ran Choi,1 In-Ae Song,2 Tak Kyu Oh,2 Young-Tae Jeon21Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; 2Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South KoreaPurpose: This study is aimed to investigate an association between perioperative C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and both opioid consumption and postoperative pain scores in postoperative days (PODs) in patients who underwent laparoscopic major abdominal surgery. We hypothesized that postoperative opioid requirements and numeric rating scale (NRS) pain scores would be positively associated with perioperative CRP levels.Patients and method: Medical records from 4,653 patients who underwent a laparoscopic major abdominal surgery from January 2010 to December 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. Generalized linear regression analysis was used to identify the association of preoperative and postoperative CRP levels, and increase in CRP level (postoperative CRP level – preoperative CRP level) with postoperative pain outcomes during POD 0–3.Results: An increase of 1 mg dL−1 of postoperative CRP level was significantly associated with 1.4% increase morphine equivalent consumption [exponentiated regression (Exp) coefficient: 0.014, 95% CI (0.011, 0.016), P

Tak Kyu Oh,1 Kwhanmien Kim,2 Sanghoon Jheon,2 Sang-Hwan Do,1 Jung-Won Hwang,1 Jin Hee Kim,1 Young-Tae Jeon,1 In-Ae Song1 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea; 2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea Purpose: The relationship between chronic smoking history and postoperative pain remains controversial. This study aimed to elucidate this relationship in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy.Patients and methods: This retrospective observational study included NSCLC patients treated with VATS lobectomy between January 2011 and July 2017. Demographic and clinical information, including preoperative smoking history, was collected. The primary goal was to investigate the relationship between smoking history and postoperative pain outcomes (oral morphine equivalent [OME] consumption and pain score). Multivariate linear regression analysis was performed, and P0.05). However, patients who had never smoked consumed less morphine equivalent analgesics (mg) on postoperative days 0–2 (coefficient: −17.48, 95% CI [−33.83, −1.13], P=0.036) compared to patients who had a history of smoking.Conclusion: Patients who had never smoked had lower opioid analgesics consumption on the days immediately following surgery, while being a current smoker or the total amount of smoking in packs did not affect postoperative pain outcomes after VATS lung lobectomy. Keywords: anesthesia, analgesia, opioid, postoperative pain, smoking