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Pediatric Emergency Department Visits for Opioid Overdose in the United States

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A retrospective analysis examines the rise of opioid overdoses among children, suggesting increased critical conditions.

The aim is to analyze trends in pediatric emergency department visits for opioid overdose from 2017 to 2022.
Conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study using Pediatric Health Information System data.
Included children and youths aged 0 to 19 years who visited EDs for opioid overdose.
Utilized International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes for identification.
Analyzed temporal trends with Poisson regression models.
Identified 4550 ED visits for opioid overdose, with a 20.2% increase from 2017 to 2022.
Highest increases noted among children aged 0 to 4 and 15 to 19 years.
Most visits were for synthetic opioid overdose among young children and intentional overdoses among adolescents.
200% rise in fatal overdoses observed, with an increase in intensive care admissions.

Devlin et al. (2026) studied this question.

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