Mortality Following Nonfatal Opioid and Sedative/Hypnotic Drug Overdose.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Opioid and sedative/hypnotic drug overdoses are major causes of morbidity in the U.S. This study compares 12-month incidence of fatal unintentional drug overdose, suicide, and other mortality among emergency department patients presenting with nonfatal opioid or sedative/hypnotic overdose.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study using statewide, longitudinally linked emergency department patient record and mortality data from California. Participants comprised all residents presenting to a licensed emergency department at least once in 2009-2011 with nonfatal unintentional opioid overdose, sedative/hypnotic overdose, or neither (a 5% random sample). Participants were followed for 1 year after index emergency department presentation to assess death from unin

SUBMITTER: Goldman-Mellor S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311279 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature