Association of Substance Use With Trauma Outcomes Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic at a New York City Level II Trauma Center

Results indicate that the pandemic led to an increase in substance use-related trauma admissions during and one year after the pandemic, which predominantly affected minority populations. This finding is consistent with the many other disparities minority populations faced during the pandemic.

Authors

Risa Kiernan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3247-6081)
Stephen DiRusso
Dmitriy Karev
Madison Salvitti
Hayden Roberts
Kaylee Bressler
Dennis Lysov
Jennifer Feliciano-Maguire
Jinky DeCastro Singson

Institutions

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
Johnson University (US)

Publication Details

Journal: Cureus
Published: 2025-08-31
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.91330
Primary Topic: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 0.00

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Association of Substance Use With Trauma Outcomes Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic at a New York City Level II Trauma Center

Risa Kiernan, Stephen DiRusso, Dmitriy Karev, Madison Salvitti et al.

Aug 31, 2025

Cureus

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

article

Association of Substance Use With Trauma Outcomes Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic at a New York City Level II Trauma Center

Risa Kiernan, Stephen DiRusso, Dmitriy Karev, Madison Salvitti, Hayden Roberts, Kaylee Bressler, Dennis Lysov, Jennifer Feliciano-Maguire, Jinky DeCastro Singson

August 31, 2025article en

Abstract

Results indicate that the pandemic led to an increase in substance use-related trauma admissions during and one year after the pandemic, which predominantly affected minority populations. This finding is consistent with the many other disparities minority populations faced during the pandemic.

CureusVol. 17(8)

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US), Johnson University (US)

Openalex Percentile: Top 65%

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

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