Long-term prescription opioid utilization, substance use disorders, and opioid overdoses after adolescent trauma

CONCLUSION Opioid usage remains high for multiple years in a subset of the adolescent trauma population. Mental health diagnosis rates were substantially lower in injured adolescents than what has been reported in adults. However, overdose and SUD diagnoses occur in over 1 in 10 adolescents within 5 years of their injury. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Prognostic and epidemiological study, level IV.
Source: The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: PTS 2018 PODIUM PAPERS Source Type: research