| Literature DB >> 30357363 |
Laura R Marks1, Satish Munigala1, David K Warren1, Stephen Y Liang1,2, Evan S Schwarz2,3, Michael J Durkin1.
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.Entities:
Keywords: addiction; bacterial infections; opioid use disorder; opioids; readmissions
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30357363 PMCID: PMC6522678 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy924
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079