Ongoing Opioid Treatment and Symptoms of Myocardial Infarction in Calls to the Emergency Medical Services
Authors' conclusion
In calls to the Emergency Medical Services, opioid treatment initiated prior to the onset of MI was associated with less frequent chest pain in MI.
Study context
- Population
- Calls to the Copenhagen EMS, Denmark, 2014–2018, followed by hospitalization and an myocardial infarction (MI) diagnosis
- Participants
- 6,633 calls
- Exposure
- Ongoing opioid treatment vs no opioid treatment
- Opioid treatmentn = 552
- Controlsn = 6,081reference
- Outcome
- MI symptoms and time from call to hospitalization
Main finding
Chest pain
Adjusted odds ratio
0.70
95% CI 0.57–0.85
By group
Opioid treatmentvs Controls
adjOR 0.70 (95% CI 0.57–0.85)
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Ongoing Opioid Treatment and Symptoms of Myocardial Infarction in Calls to the Emergency Medical Services. JACC Adv. Published 19 September 2024. doi:10.
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