Chen Cynthia, Shen Shiqian
Center for Translational Pain Research, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA.
Am J Transl Res. 2022 Apr 15;14(4):2685-2688. eCollection 2022.
Data from a single state indicated there was an increase in opioid overdose related emergency services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current study examined the provisional rolling 12-month drug overdose deaths between January 2019 and October 2021 at the national, state, and specific-drug levels, to identify trends in drug-overdose deaths before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The trend in provisional U.S. drug overdose deaths accelerated at the beginning of the pandemic (December 2019). This acceleration slowed in the middle of pandemic (October 2020). Additionally, there was significant state and drug heterogeneity of drug overdose deaths.
来自一个州的数据表明，在新冠疫情期间，与阿片类药物过量相关的紧急服务有所增加。本研究调查了2019年1月至2021年10月期间全国、州和特定药物层面的临时滚动12个月药物过量死亡情况，以确定新冠疫情之前和期间药物过量死亡的趋势。美国临时药物过量死亡趋势在疫情开始时（2019年12月）加速。这种加速在疫情中期（2020年10月）放缓。此外，药物过量死亡存在显著的州和药物异质性。
