Association of Emergency Department Opioid Administration With Ongoing Opioid Use: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Patients With Back Pain.
Kennon HeardCaroline M LedbetterJason A HoppePublished 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.