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Addiction Medicine Consultations Reduce Readmission Rates for Patients With Serious Infections From Opioid Use Disorder.


ABSTRACT: The opioid epidemic has increased hospital admissions for serious infections related to opioid abuse. Our findings demonstrate that addiction medicine consultation is associated with increased treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), greater likelihood of completing antimicrobial therapy, and reduced readmission rates among patients with OUD and serious infections requiring hospitalization.

SUBMITTER: Marks LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6522678 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Addiction Medicine Consultations Reduce Readmission Rates for Patients With Serious Infections From Opioid Use Disorder.

Marks Laura R LR   Munigala Satish S   Warren David K DK   Liang Stephen Y SY   Schwarz Evan S ES   Durkin Michael J MJ  

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20190501 11


The opioid epidemic has increased hospital admissions for serious infections related to opioid abuse. Our findings demonstrate that addiction medicine consultation is associated with increased treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), greater likelihood of completing antimicrobial therapy, and reduced readmission rates among patients with OUD and serious infections requiring hospitalization. ...[more]

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