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A Comparison of Veterans with Problematic Opioid Use Identified through Natural Language Processing of Clinical Notes versus Using Diagnostic Codes [PDF]

arXiv
Background: Electronic health records (EHRs) are a data source for opioid research. Opioid use disorder is known to be under-coded as a diagnosis, yet problematic opioid use can be documented in clinical notes. Objectives: Our goals were 1) to identify problematic opioid use from a full range of clinical notes; and 2) to compare the characteristics ...
arxiv  

Mobility-GCN: a human mobility-based graph convolutional network for tracking and analyzing the spatial dynamics of the synthetic opioid crisis in the USA, 2013-2020 [PDF]

arXiv
Synthetic opioids are the most common drugs involved in drug-involved overdose mortalities in the U.S. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 2018, about 70% of all drug overdose deaths involved opioids and 67% of all opioid-involved deaths were accounted for by synthetic opioids.
arxiv  

The Hidden Toll of COVID-19 on Opioid Mortality in Georgia: A Bayesian Excess Opioid Mortality Analysis [PDF]

arXiv
COVID-19 has had a large scale negative impact on the health of opioid users exacerbating the health of an already vulnerable population. Critical information on the total impact of COVID-19 on opioid users is unknown due to a lack of comprehensive data on COVID-19 cases, inaccurate diagnostic coding, and lack of data coverage.
arxiv  

Diet-ODIN: A Novel Framework for Opioid Misuse Detection with Interpretable Dietary Patterns [PDF]

arXiv
The opioid crisis has been one of the most critical society concerns in the United States. Although the medication assisted treatment (MAT) is recognized as the most effective treatment for opioid misuse and addiction, the various side effects can trigger opioid relapse.
arxiv  

Secular trends in opioid prescribing in the USA

Journal of Pain Research, 2017
Edmund J Pezalla,1 David Rosen,2 Jennifer G Erensen,2 J David Haddox,2,3 Tracy J Mayne2 1Bioconsult, LLC, Wethersfield, 2Purdue Pharma L.P., Stamford, CT, 3Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA ...
Pezalla EJ, Rosen D, Erensen JG, Haddox JD, Mayne TJ   +4 more
doaj  

Prescription Opioid Misuse: Initiation, Sources of Supply, and the Role of Medical Providers

, 2017
Over the past 25 years, opioid analgesic misuse has increased dramatically in the U.S., with concomitant deleterious effects on health. Results from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) reported that an estimated 4.3 million people ...
Harocopos, Alexandra
core  

Timing of Naldemedine Initiation and Occurrence of Diarrhea in Patients Receiving Strong Opioid Analgesics: A Retrospective Study. [PDF]

Pharmacy (Basel)
Matsumoto T, Mura T, Wada T, Tsugo Y, Mukai N, Hamaoka T, Horita S, Semba Y, Watanabe S.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Efficacy of Sodium Channel-Selective Analgesics in Postoperative, Neuralgia, and Neuropathy-Related Pain Management: A Systematic Review and Literature Review. [PDF]

Int J Mol Sci
Brooks A, Hornbach A, Smith JE, Garbaccio NC, Keller N, Lemke J, Foppiani JA, Gavlasova D, Lee TC, Buckley MC, Choudry U, Lin SJ.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Efficacy of continuous preperitoneal ropivacaine infusion in women with cesarean section: A prospective, randomized controlled, single blinded study

Heliyon
Background: Adequate postoperative pain management after cesarean section is important for the prognosis of both mother and infant. However, excessive prescription of opioid analgesics has become a concern.
Woo Jeng Kim, Eui-Jin Cho, Gyul Jung, In Seon Hwang, Jong Bun Kim, Yoonho Kim, Hee Joung Lee, Yeon-Hee Kim   +7 more
doaj  

Effect of Adding Nalbuphine to Ropivacaine on Postoperative Analgesia of Erector Spinae Plane Block [Letter]. [PDF]

J Pain Res
Wang DF, Guo YH, Xue FS.
europepmc   +1 more source