The American journal of emergency medicine
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Multicenter Study
Opioid prescribing patterns in emergency departments and future opioid use in adolescent patients.
Evidence suggests that exposure to opioids in adolescence increases risk of future opioid use. We evaluate if exposure to high versus low intensity opioid prescribers in the Emergency Department (ED) influences the risk of future opioid use in adolescents. ⋯ We found no association between high intensity opioid prescribers and recurrent 12 month use of opioids in opioid-naïve adolescents seen in the ED. This likely reflects various factors that put adolescents at risk for recurrent opioid use and may indicate the importance of the second prescription from primary care after initial exposure to opioids.
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Multicenter Study
Delayed adenosine therapy is associated with the refractory supraventricular tachycardia in children.
To study the association of time intervals on adenosine therapy with the occurrence of refractory supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in children. ⋯ Delayed adenosine therapy is associated with the occurrence of refractory SVT in children, supporting the need for prompt adenosine therapy.