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Are we ready to manage an opioid epidemic in the intensive care unit?

Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 2022
The current opioid epidemic has had a massive impact on the critical care sector. This is due to an increase in the number of acute opioid overdose-related admissions and the number of opioid-dependent and opioid-tolerant patients admitted to intensive ...
Akshaya Das, Ankur Sharma, Nikhil Kothari, Shilpa Goyal   +3 more
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The Impact of Stigma on People with Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid Treatment, and Policy

Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 2022
Ali Cheetham,1,2 Louisa Picco,1 Anthony Barnett,1,2 Dan I Lubman,1,2 Suzanne Nielsen1,2 1Monash Addiction Research Centre, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Victoria, 3199, Australia; 2Turning Point, Eastern ...
Cheetham A, Picco L, Barnett A, Lubman DI, Nielsen S   +4 more
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Diagnosis and treatment of opioid-related disorders in a South African private sector medical insurance scheme: A cohort study. [PDF]

Int J Drug Policy, 2022
BACKGROUND The use of opioids is increasing globally, but data from low- and middle-income countries on opioid-related mental and behavioural disorders (hereafter referred to as opioid-related disorders) are scarce.
Tlali M, Scheibe A, Ruffieux Y, Cornell M, Wettstein AE, Egger M, Davies MA, Maartens G, Johnson LF, Haas AD.   +9 more
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Leveraging the role of community pharmacists in the prevention, surveillance, and treatment of opioid use disorders

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2019
The global rise in opioid-related harms has impacted the United States severely. Current efforts to manage the opioid crisis have prompted a re-evaluation of many of the existing roles in the healthcare system, in order to maximize their individual ...
Paxton Bach, Daniel Hartung
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A retinal contribution to opioid-induced sleep disorders?

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022
Chronic opioid use is linked to persistent and severe sleep/wake disturbances in patients. These opioid-related sleep problems increase risk for developing opioid dependence, mood disorders and in turn overdose in chronic pain patients receiving opioid ...
Nikolas Bergum, Casey-Tyler Berezin, Jozsef Vigh, Jozsef Vigh   +3 more
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Introduction to HIV and Addiction Medicine for Residents: Integrated Case-Based Learning

MedEdPORTAL, 2016
Introduction Both HIV and addiction medicine are common clinical issues that medical residents encounter in their training. However, there are projected shortages of providers in both arenas, and studies indicate that trainees have limited exposure to ...
Rachel Simmons, Jennifer Siegel
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Management pathway for emergency department patients in the setting of the opioid epidemic and emergency department overcrowding [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2020
Objective The United States is currently in the midst of a major opioid addiction epidemic, of which the primary drivers are a sharp increase in prescription opioid pain medications, their misuse, and the inordinate illicit use of opioids.
Kiersten Gurley, Churchill Onyeii, Jonathan Burstein, Shamai Grossman   +3 more
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Rising Racial Disparities in Opioid Mortality and Undertreatment of Opioid Use Disorder and Mental Health Comorbidities in Virginia

AJPM Focus, 2023
Introduction: There were more than 100,000 fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2021 alone. In recent years, there has been a shift in opioid mortality from predominantly White rural communities to Black urban communities. This study aimed to identify the
Jacqueline B. Britz, MD, MSPH, Kristen M. O'Loughlin, MS, MA, Tracey L. Henry, MD, MPH, MS, Alicia Richards, BS, Roy T. Sabo, PhD, Heather G. Saunders, PhD, MSW, Sebastian T. Tong, MD, MPH, E. Marshall Brooks, PhD, Jason Lowe, MSW, CPHQ, Ashley Harrell, LCSW, Christine Bethune, MSW, F. Gerard Moeller, MD, Alex H. Krist, MD, MPH   +12 more
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Overlapping mechanisms of stress-induced relapse to opioid use disorder and chronic pain: Clinical implications

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2016
Over the past two decades, a steeply growing number of persons with chronic non-cancer pain have been using opioid analgesics chronically to treat it, accompanied by a markedly increased prevalence of individuals with opioid-related misuse, opioid use ...
Udi E Ghitza
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Emergency department strategies to combat the opioid crisis in children and adolescents

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021
The opioid crisis has greatly affected not only adults but also children as well. As clinicians develop effective approaches to minimize pain and distress in children, the risks and benefits of opioids must be carefully considered.
Cindy D. Chang, Mohsen Saidinejad, Zaza Atanelov, Ann M. Dietrich, Samuel Hiu‐Fung Lam, Emily Rose, Tim Ruttan, Sam Shahid, Michael J. Stoner, Carmen Sulton, Corrie E. Chumpitazi, the ACEP Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee   +11 more
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