Table 4.
Primary procedures and diagnoses for adult patients by prescription opioid poisonings 2006 – 2011 (N = 259,093).
| 95% CI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Primary Procedures | Rank | Estimate (%) |
Lower | Upper |
| Other therapeutic procedures | 1 | 35.39 | 30.43 | 40.68 |
| Other diagnostic procedures (interview; evaluation; consultation) | 2 | 19.20 | 15.57 | 23.43 |
| Indwelling catheter | 3 | 14.86 | 12.66 | 17.36 |
| Respiratory intubation and mechanical ventilation | 4 | 6.03 | 4.88 | 7.43 |
| Electrocardiogram | 5 | 3.91 | 2.44 | 6.21 |
| Computerized axial tomography (CT) scan head | 6 | 2.75 | 1.91 | 3.94 |
| Routine chest X-ray | 7 | 2.91 | 1.57 | 5.32 |
| Microscopic examination (bacterial smear/culture/toxicology) | 8 | 1.84 | 1.10 | 3.04 |
| Other vascular catheterization; not heart | 9 | 1.78 | 0.94 | 3.37 |
| Suture of skin and subcutaneous tissue | 10 | 1.19 | 0.85 | 1.67 |
| Top Primary Diagnoses | ||||
| Substance-related disorders | 1 | 87.24 | 86.13 | 88.27 |
| Poisoning by other mediations/drugs | 2 | 12.76 | 11.73 | 13.87 |