Risk Factors for Opioid Utilization in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage.
Nelson LinDaniel MandelCarlin C ChuckRoshini KalagaraSavannah R DoelfelHelen ZhouHari DandapaniLeana N MahmoudChristoph StretzBrian C Mac GroryLinda C WendellBradford B ThompsonKaren L FurieAli MahtaMichael E ReznikPublished in: Neurocritical care (2021)
Inpatient opioid use in patients with ICH is common, with some risk factors that may be mechanistically connected to primary headache pathophysiology. However, the lower frequency of opioid prescriptions at discharge suggests that inpatient opioid use does not necessarily lead to a high rate of long-term opioid dependence in patients with ICH.