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Outcomes of Patients with COVID-19 in the Setting of Chronic Opioid Use Disorder (preprint)
researchsquare; 2020.
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| PREPRINT-RESEARCHSQUARE | ID: ppzbmed-10.21203.rs.3.rs-90857.v1
ABSTRACT
Background:
There are no known studies regarding the effects of COVID-19 in patients with a concurrent diagnosis of opioid use disorder (OUD). Due to the rapidly developing nature and consequences of this disease, it is important to identify patients at an increased risk for serious illness. The aim of this study was to understand the disease burden of COVID-19 on patients with OUD by looking at their rates of hospitalization, admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), and receipt of mechanical ventilator support.Methods:
This retrospective chart review compared clinical parameters from patients with positive COVID-19 status as identified by a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test and diagnosed OUD at the University of Utah Health. Descriptive statistics and prevalence ratios (PRs) were generated. Log binomial models generated PRs adjusted by age, sex, race, and comorbidities of asthma, pneumonia, and diabetes.Results:
COVID-19 patients with OUD were significantly more likely than patients without OUD to have asthma (p<0.01), diabetes (p<0.01), and chronic pneumonia (p<0.01), to be hospitalized (23% vs 4%; p<0.01), to be admitted to the ICU (11% vs 2%; p<0.01), and to receive mechanical ventilation (7% vs 1%; p<0.01). After adjusting for age, sex, race, asthma, pneumonia, and diabetes, patients with OUD continued to be at increased risk for inpatient hospitalization (aPR=5.65, 95% confidence interval [CI]=2.29-13.92), intensive care unit (ICU) admission (aPR=0.69, 95% CI = 0.19-2.45), and mechanical ventilation (aPR=1.25, 95% CI =0.27-5.75). Patients with OUD averaged longer stays in the hospital than those without OUD (9.53 days vs 0.70 days, p<.001).Conclusion:
Patients that have a diagnosis of OUD in the presence of COVID-19 are more likely to be hospitalized, admitted to the ICU, receive mechanical ventilation and have longer hospital inpatient stays compared to patients without OUD.
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Pneumonia
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Asthma
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Diabetes Mellitus
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COVID-19
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Opioid-Related Disorders
Language:
English
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Preprint
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