Association of Emergency Department Opioid Administration With Ongoing Opioid Use: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Patients With Back Pain.

Kennon HeardCaroline M LedbetterJason A Hoppe

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)

For opioid-naïve patients with back pain, both administration of an opioid in the ED and opioid prescriptions are associated with a doubling of the risk of ongoing opioid use compared to patients not treated with opioids. This supports the consideration of minimizing exposure to opioids while treating back pain in the ED.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
emergency department
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis