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Papers: 24 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2022


Human Studies


2022


PLoS One


17


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Predicting at-risk opioid use three months after ed visit for trauma: Results from the AURORA study.

Authors

Punches BE, Stolz U, Freiermuth CE, Ancona RM, McLean SA, House SL, Beaudoin FL, An X, Stevens JS, Zeng D, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Jovanovic T, Linnstaedt SD, Germine LT, Bollen KA, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, et al.
PLoS One. 2022; 17(9):e0273378.
PMID: 36149896.

Abstract

Whether short-term, low-potency opioid prescriptions for acute pain lead to future at-risk opioid use remains controversial and inadequately characterized. Our objective was to measure the association between emergency department (ED) opioid analgesic exposure after a physical, trauma-related event and subsequent opioid use. We hypothesized ED opioid analgesic exposure is associated with subsequent at-risk opioid use.