Addiction Medicine Consultations Reduce Readmission Rates for Patients With Serious Infections From Opioid Use Disorder. (23rd October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Marks, Laura R; Munigala, Satish; Warren, David K; Liang, Stephen Y; Schwarz, Evan S; Durkin, Michael J
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 68:Number 11(2019)
• Page Start: 1935
• Page End: 1937
• Publication Date: 2018-10-23
• Subjects: opioids -- readmissions -- bacterial infections -- opioid use disorder -- addiction; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy924
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

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.