Clinical and Demographic Factors Associated with Receiving an Opioid Prescription following Admission to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

• Main Authors: Amy L. Holley (Author), Trevor A. Hall (Author), Ben Orwoll (Author), Anna C. Wilson (Author), Eleanor A. J. Battison (Author), Denae Clohessy (Author), Cydni N. Williams (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Opioids are commonly used to treat pain in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and many children receive opioid prescription(s) at discharge. The frequency of opioid prescriptions at discharge and associations with individual characteristics and clinical factors are unknown. This study aimed t...