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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 +3 more
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Clinical perspectives on hospitals’ role in the opioid epidemic
BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background Policymakers, legislators, and clinicians have raised concerns that hospital-based clinicians may be incentivized to inappropriately prescribe and administer opioids when addressing pain care needs of their patients, thus potentially ...
Olena Mazurenko +4 more
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The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2019 Most narcotics and non-synthetic drugs have medicinal values that have helped in treating various conditions in medical practice. Opium is a typical plant that has proved remarkable medicinal values.
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The opioid overdose epidemic: opportunities for pharmacists
Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 2017 Li-Tzy Wu,1–4 Udi E Ghitza,5 Anne L Burns,6 Paolo Mannelli,1 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2Department of Medicine, 3Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, 4Center for Child and Family Policy ...
Wu LT, Ghitza UE, Burns AL, Mannelli P
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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SurgiColl, 2023 The ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States is a pressing public health issue, with prescription opioids being a contributing factor, particularly among orthopedic surgeons identified as high-volume prescribers.
William Johns +3 more
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Are we missing the opioid consumption in low- and middle-income countries?
Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 2023 The rise in opioid prescriptions with a parallel increase in opioid use disorders remains a significant challenge in some developed countries (opioid epidemic). However, little is known about opioid consumption in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Correia Igor +4 more
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Syndemics and the etiology of opioid misuse among women: A qualitative study
SSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2022 The opioid epidemic remains a public health priority in the United States. There is evidence that women are experiencing disparities within the epidemic, including an earlier onset of prescription opioid misuse and a higher prevalence of child ...
Antoinette L. Spector +5 more
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What’s New in the Battle Against the Opioid Crisis in Hand Surgery: A Review
Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online, 2019 The opioid epidemic is the subject of much debate and research within all medical fields. Notable work has been done in hand surgery. The purpose of this article is to review the recent literature as it pertains to opioid use in hand surgery.
Daniel A. Seigerman, MD +6 more
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The opioid crisis in North America: facts and future lessons for Europe
Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 2020 Over the past two decades, opioid-related hospitalizations and deaths in North America have reached the level of a public health emergency. Initially, the epidemic of opioid misuse was largely driven by pharmaceutical companies and initiated by their ...
Kennedy Ayoo +3 more
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