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Prescription opioids are associated with higher mortality in patients diagnosed with sepsis: A retrospective cohort study using electronic health records

Sepsis continues to be a major problem for hospitalized patients. Opioids are widely used medications for pain management despite recent evidence revealing their adverse effects. The present study evaluates survival differences between opioid-treated patients and non-opioid-treated patients hospital...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Rui, Meng, Jingjing, Lian, Qinshu, Chen, Xi, Bauman, Brent, Chu, Haitao, Segura, Bradley, Roy, Sabita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29293575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190362