Open AccessTrends in Hospitalizations for Serious Infections Among People With Opioid Use Disorder in Ontario, Canada
Author(s) -
Tara Gomes,
Sophie A. Kitchen,
Lauren Tailor,
Siyu Men,
Regan Murray,
Ahmed M. Bayoumi,
Tonya Campbell,
Stewart Young,
Gillian Kolla
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of addiction medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1935-3227
pISSN - 1932-0620
DOI - 10.1097/adm.0000000000000928
Subject(s) - medicine , hydromorphone , population , opioid use disorder , mortality rate , emergency medicine , opioid , pediatrics , environmental health , receptor
Opioid use among people who inject drugs can lead to serious complications, including infections. We sought to study trends in rates of these complications among people with an opioid use disorder (OUD) and the sequelae of those hospitalizations.