MedPage Today (7/6, Putka) reports, “Adults with cannabis use disorder had a moderately increased risk of morbidity and in-hospital mortality after major elective surgery compared with those without cannabis use disorder, a large retrospective study found.” Data show that “among 12,422 hospitalized patients, a composite outcome of perioperative complications and mortality occurred in 7.73% of the cannabis use disorder group and 6.57% of a matched control group.” The findings were published online in JAMA Surgery.
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