Publications by authors named "William H Kazanis"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess and enhance the Veterans Health Administration’s Risk Index for Serious Prescription Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression or Overdose (RIOSORD) specifically for active duty service members.
- The research involved a retrospective case-control design, matching 95 cases of documented opioid overdoses to 950 control subjects who received opioid prescriptions between 2018 and 2019.
- Findings indicated that an active duty-specific RIOSORD retained only 6 of the initial 17 components, and while both versions showed fair predictive capabilities, the active duty RIOSORD demonstrated better sensitivity, suggesting a need for ongoing adjustments and improvements in risk assessment models.
Objective: To determine whether persistent opioid use after injury is associated with subsequent long-term development of clinically recognized opioid abuse.
Summary Background Data: Opioid abuse is an epidemic in the United States and trauma can initiate persistent use; however, it remains unclear whether persistent opioid use contributes to the subsequent development of opioid abuse. The care of combat casualties by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs uniquely allows investigation of this long-term outcome.
Introduction: Service members (SMs) in the United States (U.S.) Armed Forces have diabetes mellitus at a rate of 2-3%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF