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2020 Jun 04


J Patient Saf

Predictors of Serious Opioid-Related Adverse Drug Events in Hospitalized Patients.

Authors

Minhaj F S, Rappaport SH, Foster J, Gashlin LZ
J Patient Saf. 2020 Jun 04.
PMID: 32502115.

Abstract

Opioids are high-risk medications in the inpatient setting because of their potential for significant patient harm. The primary objective was to identify risk factors that predispose inpatients to develop opioid-related adverse drug events (ORADE) requiring the use of naloxone.