Toxicology screening in orthopedic trauma patients predicting duration of prescription opioid use

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 31-41

  Massey, Gene M ^a   Dodds, Heather N ^a   Roberts, Craig S ^a   Servoss, Timothy J ^b   Blondell, Richard D ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Opioid use; Toxicology; Trauma patients

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; COCAINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE NAPSILATE; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE; PETHIDINE; PHENCYCLIDINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SEX RATIO; TOXICOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 33644695231     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v24n04_03     Document Type: Article

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