Emergency visits for prescription opioid poisonings

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 871-877

  Tadros, Allison ^a   Layman, Shelley M ^a   Davis, Stephen M ^a   Davidov, Danielle M ^a   Cimino, Scott ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; opioid; overdose

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENTIONAL POISONING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OPIOID POISONING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNINTENTIONAL POISONING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DRUG OVERDOSE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947613478     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.06.035     Document Type: Article

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