Characteristics and Trends of Prehospital Encounters for Opioid Overdoses Among US Youth, 2018-2022

Jamie K Lim; Sriram Ramgopal; Jennifer A Hoffmann; Doug Lorenz; Michael S Toce

doi:10.1001/jama.2024.17341

Characteristics and Trends of Prehospital Encounters for Opioid Overdoses Among US Youth, 2018-2022

JAMA. 2024 Oct 15;332(15):1299-1302. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.17341.

Authors

Jamie K Lim¹, Sriram Ramgopal¹, Jennifer A Hoffmann¹, Doug Lorenz², Michael S Toce³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Emergency Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
³ Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 39292466
PMCID: PMC11411442 (available on 2025-03-18)
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.17341

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study analyzes characteristics of prehospital encounters for youth opioid overdoses and trends before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Analgesics, Opioid* / poisoning
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emergency Room Visits* / statistics & numerical data
Emergency Room Visits* / trends
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Naloxone / administration & dosage
Narcotic Antagonists / administration & dosage
Opiate Overdose* / epidemiology
Opiate Overdose* / therapy
United States / epidemiology
Young Adult

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Narcotic Antagonists
Naloxone