Open AccessEffect of injury location and severity on opioid use after trauma
Author(s) -
Rachel C. Baker,
Craig Brown,
John R. Montgomery,
Charles A. Mouch,
Brooke Kenney,
Michael J. Englesbe,
Jennifer F. Waljee,
Mark R. Hemmila
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of trauma and acute care surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.25
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 2163-0763
pISSN - 2163-0755
DOI - 10.1097/ta.0000000000003138
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , logistic regression , opioid , injury severity score , confounding , poison control , abbreviated injury scale , emergency medicine , anesthesia , injury prevention , receptor
Recent data have suggested that persistent opioid use is prevalent following trauma. The effect of type of injury and total injury burden is not known. We sought to characterize the relationship between injury location and severity and risk of persistent opioid use.