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A target-controlled infusion regimen for reducing remifentanil-induced coughs [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2012
BackgroundThis study evaluates the effectiveness of the target-controlled infusion (TCI) of remifentanil through stepwise increases in the effect-site concentration (Ceff) in preventing coughs.MethodsIn a preliminary study, we randomly selected 140 ...
Jong-Yeop Kim, Yun Jeong Chae, Jin-Soo Kim, Yoon-Jeong Park, Sang-Kee Min   +4 more
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Pattern and severity of substance use in help-seeking adolescents of North-East Part of India

Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour, 2023
Background: Adolescence is a transitional phase between childhood and adulthood, in which both physical and psychological aspects are involved in the process of growth and development.
Anju Moni Rabha, Kamala Deka
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Perceived Stigma among Injecting Drug Users: New Evidence from an Observational Study in an Opioid Substitution Therapy Centre of Kolkata, India [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Introduction: Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) are one of the highrisk groups for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) is a targeted intervention for IDUs.
Manika Pal, Madhumita Dobe, Dipendra Narayan Goswami   +2 more
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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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School Environmental Factors and Prescription Opioid Misuse in the United States: Evidence from the 2019 National Survey [PDF]

International Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Given the current public health crisis caused by prescription opioid misuse amongadolescents across the United States, this study analyzed factors in the school environmentassociated with prescription opioid misuse in adolescents in the ...
Kingsley Kalu, Elizabeth Ayangunna, Gulzar Shah   +2 more
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Opioid use and opioid use disorder in mono and dual-system users of veteran affairs medical centers

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionEfforts to achieve opioid guideline concordant care may be undermined when patients access multiple opioid prescription sources. Limited data are available on the impact of dual-system sources of care on receipt of opioid medications ...
Joseph Goulet, Joseph Goulet, Yan Cheng, Yan Cheng, William Becker, William Becker, Cynthia Brandt, Cynthia Brandt, Friedhelm Sandbrink, Terri Elizabeth Workman, Terri Elizabeth Workman, Phillip Ma, Phillip Ma, Alexander Libin, Alexander Libin, Alexander Libin, Nawar Shara, Nawar Shara, Nawar Shara, Christopher Spevak, Christopher Spevak, Joel Kupersmith, Qing Zeng-Treitler, Qing Zeng-Treitler   +23 more
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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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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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Acute pain and self-directed discharge among hospitalized patients with opioid-related diagnoses: a cohort study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Patients with substance use disorders are more likely than those without to have a self-directed hospital discharge, putting them at risk for poor health outcomes including progressing illness, readmissions, and death.
P. Compton, S. Aronowitz, Heather Klusaritz, Evan Anderson   +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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