Opioid prescribing in emergency departments: The prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing and misuse

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 646-653

  Logan, Joseph ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Paulozzi, Leonard ^a   Zhang, Kun ^a   Jones, Christopher ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; opioid analgesics; prescription practices

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORIDE; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIHYDROCODEINE; FENTANYL; FENTANYL CITRATE; HOMATROPINE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; INDICATOR; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NALBUPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PROMETHAZINE; TAPENTADOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG MONITORING; EMBRYO; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BENZODIAZEPINES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880761576     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318293c2c0     Document Type: Article

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