Co-occurring illicit fentanyl use and psychiatric disorders in emergency department patients

Abstract This paper sought to describe the characteristics of emergency department (ED) patients with illicit fentanyl use and concurrent psychiatric disorders, as studies within this population of patients is limited. ED patients with a fentanyl-positive urine drug screen were identified, and patient characteristics, medical histories, and test results were extracted. Among the fentanyl positive drug screens of ED patients, the majority were between the ages of 25 and 44, male, white, and uninsured. Additionally, more than one third of these