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Safety of opioid patch initiation in Australian residential aged care [PDF]

, 2015
Explores opioid use by aged care facility residents before and after initiation of transdermal opioid patches. Abstract Objective: To explore opioid use by aged care facility residents before and after initiation of transdermal opioid patches. Design:
Elizabeth Roughead, Lisa Pont, Svetla Gadzhanova   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger, Anna Kihlström, Brinda Sivaramakrishnan, Allison Kelliher, Frankie Kropp, Carmen Rosa, T. John Winhusen, Donald Warne, the CTN0129 participating Tribal communities   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policies, adaptations, and ongoing challenges to naloxone, buprenorphine and nonprescription syringe access across four-states: Findings from an environmental scan and key informant interviews

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: As the US opioid-involved morbidity and mortality increase, uptake and implementation of evidence-based interventions remain key policy responses.
Anthony S. Floyd, Joseph Silcox, Gail Strickler, Thuong Nong, Malcolm Blough, Derek Bolivar, Megan Rabin, Jeffrey Bratberg, Adriane N. Irwin, Daniel M. Hartung, Ryan N. Hansen, Robert Bohler, Traci C. Green   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analgesic Profile in Intensive Observation Room (Ruang Observasi Intensif/ ROI) Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya

JAI (Jurnal Anestesiologi Indonesia), 2023
Introduction: Pain is a condition that the majority of critical care patients will possibly suffer at some point during their stay in the intensive care unti (ICU). In both medical and surgical ICU patients, the incidence of considerable pain is still 50%
Bunga Priscilla Rotua Manurung, Maulydia Maulydia, Maftuchah Rochmanti, Nancy Margarita Rehatta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

CASTNet: Community-Attentive Spatio-Temporal Networks for Opioid Overdose Forecasting

, 2019
Opioid overdose is a growing public health crisis in the United States. This crisis, recognized as "opioid epidemic," has widespread societal consequences including the degradation of health, and the increase in crime rates and family problems.
A Kennedy-Hendricks, A Kolodny, AM Ertugrul, DS Burke, H Jalal, M Pierce, M Warner, NB King, PJ Gruenewald, R Hammersley, RA Rudd, S Hochreiter, S Scardapane, T Bennett, T Seddon   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Tourniquetless Total Knee Arthroplasty With Modern Perioperative Protocols Decreases Pain and Opioid Consumption in Women [PDF]

, 2018
Background This study examined whether a modern total knee arthroplasty (TKA) protocol without a tourniquet results in less patient-reported pain and in-hospital opioid consumption compared to TKA with a tourniquet.
Dilley, Julian E., Hood, Mark, Jr., Kheir, Michael M., Meneghini, R. Michael, Ziemba-Davis, Mary   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Developing a comprehensive inventory to define harm reduction housing

Harm Reduction Journal
Background The City of Boston has faced unprecedented challenges with substance use amidst changes to the illicit drug supply and increased visibility of homelessness.
Sofia Zaragoza, Joseph Silcox, Sabrina Rapisarda, Charlie Summers, Patricia Case, Clara To, Avik Chatterjee, Alexander Y. Walley, Miriam Komaromy, Traci C Green   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of local infiltration anesthesia versus interscalene nerve blockade for total shoulder arthroplasty

JSES International, 2020
Background: Optimal modalities for pain control in shoulder arthroplasty are not yet established. Although regional nerve blockade has been a well-accepted modality, complications and rebound pain have led some surgeons to seek other pain control ...
Gary F. Updegrove, MD, Christopher M. Stauch, BSc, Padmavathi Ponnuru, PhD, Allen R. Kunselman, MA, April D. Armstrong, MD, MSc   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mind Your Meds: Safe Opioid Disposal Awareness [PDF]

, 2019
Driven by the effects of the opioid epidemic on friends, family members, students, and patients, members of the 2019 GEHLI Team “Mission Possible” are dedicated to bolstering educational awareness of safe leftover opioid disposal methods to decrease the ...
at Virginia Commonwealth University, The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Davies, Mary Ann, Fox, Jenny, Johnson, Kenneth, Papenfuse, Jennifer, Schmitt, Michelle, Zhang, Shijun, Zoghby, Lori   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Chronic morphine treatment attenuates cell growth of human BT474 breast cancer cells by rearrangement of the ErbB signalling network. [PDF]

, 2013
There is increasing evidence that opioid analgesics may interfere with tumour growth. It is currently thought that these effects are mediated by transactivation of receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)-controlled ERK1/2 and Akt signalling.
Ammer, Hermann, Koutnik, Sarah, Weingaertner, Inka Regine   +2 more
core   +2 more sources