Cannabis use disorder and severe sepsis outcomes in cancer patients: Insights from a national inpatient sample

Abstract BACKGROUND: The burden of cannabis use disorder (CUD) in the context of its prevalence and subsequent cardiopulmonary outcomes among cancer patients with severe sepsis is unclear. AIM: To address this knowledge gap, especially due to rising patterns of cannabis use and its emerging pharmacological role in cancer. METHODS: By applying relevant International Classification of Diseases, Ninth and Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification codes to the National Inpatient Sample database between 2016-2020, we identified CUD(+) and CUD(-) arms among adult cancer