Association Between Opioid-Related Mortality and History of Surgical Procedure: A Population-Based Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined whether there is an association between opioid-related mortality and surgical procedures.

Methods

A case-control study design using deceased controls compared individuals with and without opioid death and their exposure to common surgeries in the preceding 4 years. This population-based study used linked death and hospitalization databases in Canada (excluding Quebec) from January 01, 2008 to December 31, 2017. Cases of opioid death were identified and matched to 5 controls who died of other causes by age (±4 years), sex, province of death, and date of death (±1 year). Patients with HIV infection and alcohol-related deaths were excluded from the control group. Logistic regression was used to determine if there was an association between having s

SUBMITTER: Alsabbagh MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11191927 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature