Research Article
Opioid Prescription Patterns for Discharged Patients from the Emergency Department
Table 2
Total prescribed MME and the number of pills by the body system.
| | Body system | Total MME (IQR 25%ile–75%ile) | Total number of pills (25%ile, 75%ile) |
| | Abdominal pain | 60.0 (IQR 49.5–100.0) | 10.0 (IQR 9.0–15.0) | | Extremity pain | 60.0 (IQR 50.0–100.0) | 12.0 (IQR 10.0–15.0) | | Extremity fracture | 75.0 (IQR 54.0–100.0) | 12.0 (IQR 12.0–20.0) | | Headache | 60.0 (IQR 40.0–100.0) | 12.0 (IQR 8.0–16.0) | | Chest pain | 60.0 (IQR 50.0–100.0) | 12.0 (IQR 10.0–15.0) | | Genitourinary | 60.0 (IQR 50.0–100.0) | 12.0 (IQR 10.0–16.0) | | Back/neck pain | 60.0 (IQR 50.0–100.0) | 12.0 (IQR 10.0–20.0) | | Unspecified trauma | 60.0 (IQR 50.0–75.0) | 12.0 (IQR 8.0–15.0) | | Dental/facial pain | 60.0 (IQR 50.0–100.0) | 12.0 (IQR 10.0–15.0) | | Others/missing/unspecified | 75.0 (IQR 50.0–100.0) | 12.0 (IQR 10.0–20.0) |
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