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Opioid Seizures by Law Enforcement in Relation to Emergency Room Visits
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In 2016, there were approximately 63,000 deaths nationally due to drug overdose. This trend continues to increase with the provisional number of US deaths for 2017 being approximately 72,000 (1). This increase in overdose deaths is fueled largely by… read more… In 2016, there were approximately 63,000 deaths nationally due to drug overdose. This trend continues to increase with … increasing, there was a sharp rise in overdose deaths due to synthetic opioids including illicitly manufactured … reported by law enforcement and the number of ER visits due to heroin and non-heroin opioid poisoning in selected … -
Opioid Misuse in Missouri: Analyzing Emergency Department Use in Urban/Rural Areas
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Like many other states in the U.S., Missouri has experienced large increases in opioid abuse resulting in hundreds dying each year and thousands of ED visits due to overdose. Missouri has two major urban areas, St. Louis and Kansas City and a few… read more… in hundreds dying each year and thousands of ED visits due to overdose. Missouri has two major urban areas, St. … is more rural in nature. The opioid epidemic has impacted all areas in the state but the magnitude of that impact … changes over time for Emergency Department (ED) visits due to opioid overdose in urban versus rural areas of the … -
Finding Chances to Intervene Before the Fatal Overdose: Linking ED and Mortality Data
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In 2017, 951 Missouri residents died from an opioid overdose, a record number for the state.1 This continues the trend from 2016, which saw an increase of over 30% in opioid overdose deaths compared to 2015. The Missouri Department of Health and… read more… In 2017, 951 Missouri residents died from an opioid overdose, a record number for the … In 2017, 951 Missouri residents died from an opioid overdose, a record number for the … -
Tracking Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Missouri: Trends and the ICD-CM Transition
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) rates have tripled for Missouri residents in the past three years. NAS is a condition infants suffer soon after birth due to withdrawal after becoming opioid-dependent in the womb. NAS has significant immediate… read more… years. NAS is a condition infants suffer soon after birth due to withdrawal after becoming opioid-dependent in the … years. NAS is a condition infants suffer soon after birth due to withdrawal after becoming opioid-dependent in the …