Open AccessOpioid Overdose Risk in Patients Returning to the Emergency Department for Pain
Author(s) -
Sophia Sheikh,
Ashley Booth-Norse,
David Holden,
Morgan Henson,
Caroline Dodd,
Eric S. Edgerton,
Divya James,
Colleen Kalynych,
Carmen Smotherman,
Phyllis L. Hendry
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnab047
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , opioid , medical prescription , depression (economics) , observational study , opioid overdose , drug overdose , risk factor , heroin , emergency medicine , anesthesia , poison control , (+) naloxone , psychiatry , drug , receptor , economics , pharmacology , macroeconomics
Using the Risk Index for Overdose or Serious Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression (CIP-RIOSORD) in patients returning to the emergency department (ED) for pain and discharged with an opioid prescription, we assessed overall opioid overdose risk and compared risk in opioid naive patients to those who are non-opioid naive.