Predicting at-risk opioid use three months after ed visit for trauma: Results from the AURORA study.
Brittany E PunchesUwe StolzCaroline E FreiermuthRachel M AnconaSamuel A McLeanStacey L HouseFrancesca L BeaudoinXinming AnJennifer S StevensDonglin ZengThomas C NeylanGari D CliffordTanja JovanovicSarah D LinnstaedtLaura T GermineKenneth A BollenScott L RauchJohn P HaranAlan B StorrowChristopher LewandowskiPaul I MuseyPhyllis L HendrySophia SheikhChristopher W JonesMichael C KurzNina T GentileMeghan E McGrathLauren A HudakJose L PascualMark J SeamonErica HarrisAnna M ChangClaire PearsonDavid A PeakRoland C MerchantRobert M DomeierNiels K RathlevBrian J O'NeilLeon D SanchezSteven E BruceRobert H PietrzakJutta JoormannDeanna M BarchDiego A PizzagalliJordan W SmollerBeatriz LunaSteven E HarteJames M ElliottRonald C KesslerKerry J ResslerKarestan C KoenenMichael S LyonsPublished in: PloS one (2022)
ED opioids were associated with subsequent at-risk opioid use within three months in a geographically diverse cohort of adult trauma patients. This supports need for prospective studies focused on the long-term consequences of ED opioid analgesic exposure to estimate individual risk and guide therapeutic decision-making.