Surviving traumatic injury, only to die of acute drug poisoning: Should trauma centers be a path for intervention?

Although death from drug overdose is a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States, its incidence after traumatic incident is unknown. Moreover, little is known about related risk factors. We sought to determine the incidence and characteristics of and risk factors for trauma patients suffering death by acute drug poisoning ( “overdose”) after hospitalization for a traumatic incident.

Source: Surgery - April 15, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Tasce Bongiovanni, Sophia Hernandez, Yeranui Ledesma, Rebecca Menza, Elizabeth Wick, Michael Steinman, Robert Mackersie, Deborah M. Stein, Phillip O. Coffin Source Type: research