Use of diagnosis codes for detection of clinically significant opioid poisoning in the emergency department: A retrospective analysis of a surveillance case definition

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Reardon, Joseph M ^a   Harmon, Katherine J ^b   Schult, Genevieve C ^c   Staton, Catherine A ^a   Waller, Anna E ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis codes; Emergency department; Naloxone; Narcotic; Opioid; Overdose; Poisoning; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPIOID POISONING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; CODING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CLINICAL CODING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL OVERUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958105620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12873-016-0075-4     Document Type: Article

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