Brief Report: Rates of Fentanyl Use Among Psychiatric Emergency Room Patients.

Mohamed ElmarasiGabriela Garcia-VassalloSheldon CampbellBrian S Fuehrlein

Published in: The American journal on addictions (2020)

This study is the first one of its kind that looked at rates of fentanyl use in all presentations to a psychiatric emergency room. While it is well-known that fentanyl is highly prevalent, these findings extend the current state of knowledge by replication in a psychiatric emergency population. (Am J Addict 2021;30:92-95).

Keyphrases

public health
emergency department
healthcare
mental health
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
emergency medical
patient reported