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Evaluating the impact of a national naloxone programme on ambulance attendance at overdose incidents: a controlled time-series analysis [PDF]
, 2017 Background and Aims: It has been suggested that distributing naloxone to people who inject drugs (PWID) will lead to fewer attendances by emergency medical services at opioid-related overdose incidents if peer administration of naloxone was perceived ...
Ashworth +29 more
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Chronic Opioids in Gout: A Matched Cohort Study from the Veteran's Health Administration
Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective Though used frequently to treat flare, risk of chronic opioid exposure in gout has not been well defined. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that people with gout are more likely than individuals without gout to be prescribed chronic opioids over time.
Lindsay N. Helget +7 more
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Opioid use disorder patients’ perceptions of healthcare delivery platforms
SAGE Open Medicine, 2016 Objectives: To assess the acceptability and quality of web-based videoconferencing telemedicine consultation platform in the treatment of opioid use disorder at TrueNorth Medical Centre.
Uros Rakita +2 more
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Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2014 Background: Epidural application of morphine has been used for postoperative analgesia following spine surgery but short duration of action of single application limits its widespread use. Materials and Methods: One hundred and fifty patients undergoing
Sandeep Kundra +5 more
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Promoting Awareness of the Opioid Epidemic in Rural Vermont [PDF]
, 2017 Vermont is in the middle of an opioid epidemic. Heroin use fatalities are on the rise and the number of people in treatment for opioid use disorder in Rutland County has tripled in recent years.
Olson, Kathleen
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How the presentation of patient information and decision-support advisories influences opioid prescribing behavior: A simulation study [PDF]
, 2020 ObjectiveThe United States faces an opioid crisis. Integrating prescription drug monitoring programs into electronic health records offers promise to improve opioid prescribing practices.
Hussain, Mustafa I +4 more
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Opioids, opioids, opioids [PDF]
Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2018 Non peer ...
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The Opioid-Tolerant Patient: Opioid Optimization [PDF]
The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2020 Chronic opioid use and abuse continue to plague our country despite efforts to curtail their use. Patients on chronic opioids (opioids tolerant) who undergo total joint arthroplasty have been clearly shown to have higher rates of complications, infection, and early revision compared to the opioid-naïve patients.
Amanda Nelli, Padma Gulur
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objectives This study aims to describe the frequency and timing of physician referrals to physical therapists (PT) and other treatments prescribed over 12 months in patients with recent onset of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). The study also aims to identify determinants of early PT referrals.
Samannaaz S. Khoja +4 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2020 Objective: Over 50 million people worldwide are estimated to use opioids, of which ~30 million use opiates (opium and its derivatives). Use of opiates has been associated with a variety of adverse complications such as neurological and behavioral ...
Yuan-Yuan Li +11 more
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