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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Emerg Med. 2015 May 4;66(3):253–259.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.03.026

Table 2.

Ten most common chief complaints and primary discharge diagnoses for patients who were discharged with an opioid pain reliever for the treatment of pain

Chief Complaints N (%) Diagnoses N (%)
Traumatic extremity pain 464 (14.2) Musculoskeletal back pain 335 (10.2)
Abdominal pain 409 (12.5) Abdominal pain 330 (10.1)
Back pain 329 (10.1) Extremity fracture 232 (7.1)
Atraumatic extremity pain 295 (9.0) Extremity sprain 213 (6.5)
Motor vehicle accident 224 (6.8) Dental/oral issue 205 (6.2)
Dental complaint 192 (5.9) Other extremity pain 190 (5.8)
Fall 147 (4.5) Nephrolithiasis 147 (4.5)
Flank pain 146 (4.5) Skin contusion 126 (3.9)
Chest pain 107 (3.3) Chest pain (inc. non-cardiac) 108 (3.3)
Headache 97 (3.0) Closed head injury 99 (3.0)