SGEM#264: Hooked On A Feeling? Opioid Use and Misuse Three Months After Emergency Department Visit for Acute Pain

Essais extraits du podcast de Dr. Ken Milne

• 2019Opioid Use and Misuse Three Months After Emergency Department Visit for Acute PainEmergency & ResuscitationIn 524 ED patients prescribed opioids for acute pain, telephone follow-up at 3 months found 9% still using opioids, under 1% for non-pain reasons
• 2018Quantity of opioids consumed following an emergency department visit for acute painEmergency & ResuscitationIn 627 emergency department patients with acute pain discharged with an opioid prescription, self-reported consumption was a median of 7 of 30 prescribed tablets over 14 days.