National Trends in Pediatric Deaths From Fentanyl, 1999-2021, in JAMA Pediatrics
key takeaway: "Fentanyl is now the primary agent noted in the pediatric opioid crisis. Mirroring trends seen among adults, pediatric deaths from fentanyl began to increase substantially in 2013, resulting in a more than 30-fold increase in mortality between 2013 and 2021. A surge that began in 2018 has led to a nearly 3-fold increase in deaths among older adolescents and a nearly 6-fold increase among children younger than 5 years."
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