Preventative Medicine: Co-occurring conditions during pregnancy and hospitalizations in the first year postpartum among persons with opioid use disorder

Co-occurring conditions during pregnancy and hospitalizations in the first year postpartum among persons with opioid use disorder – ScienceDirect

Introduction

Pregnant persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) face a multitude of comorbid conditions that may increase the risk of adverse drug and health outcomes. This study characterizes typologies of comorbidities among pregnant persons with OUD and assesses the associations of these typologies with hospitalizations in the first year postpartum.