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Youth and the Opioid Epidemic [PDF]

Pediatrics, 2019
The current epidemic of opioid addiction has arguably been the most recalcitrant in the nation’s history and the first to involve substantial numbers of adolescents. The country has embarked on a public health response, including increasing access to addiction treatment.
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Curriculum Guidelines for Social and Behavioral Sciences in Predoctoral Dental Education

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social and behavioral sciences are an integral part of predoctoral dental education, given the important role of social and behavioral factors in oral health, dentist‐patient communication, the provision of person‐centered care, and patients’ experience of dental treatment and their treatment outcomes.
Cameron L. Randall, Casey D. Wright, Dolores Cannella, Jessica G. Hinz, Daniel W. McNeil, Drashty P. Mody, Gary Pape, Yun Saksena, Vaishali Singhal, Lance Brendan Young, Stuart M. Schrader   +10 more
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Addressing the growing opioid and heroin abuse epidemic: a call for medical school curricula

Medical Education Online, 2018
Substance abuse is a growing public health concern in the USA (US), especially now that the US faces a national drug overdose epidemic. Over the past decade, the number of drug overdose deaths has rapidly grown, largely driven by increases in ...
Madison C. Ratycz, Thomas J. Papadimos, Allison A. Vanderbilt   +2 more
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State laws and policies to reduce opioid-related harm: A qualitative assessment of PDMPs and naloxone programs in ten U.S. States

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2019
As the magnitude of the opioid epidemic grew in recent years, individual states across the United States of America enacted myriad policies to address its complications.
Christine C. Whitmore, Mary N. White, Melinda B. Buntin, Carrie E. Fry, Kevin Calamari, Stephen W. Patrick   +5 more
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Things We Do for No Reason™: Withholding opioids among patients with acute pain and opioid use disorder

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Hospitalists care for patients with acute pain who have an opioid use disorder and require pain management. Hospitalists may withhold opioids for acute pain due to a variety of reasons. However, adequate pain management in patients with opioid use disorder, including with opioids, is the standard of care. This piece explains how to best manage
Anna‐Maria South, Susan L. Calcaterra, Marlene Martin   +2 more
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Pain Therapy Guided by Purpose and Perspective in Light of the Opioid Epidemic

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Prescription opioid misuse is an ongoing and escalating epidemic. Although these pharmacological agents are highly effective analgesics prescribed for different types of pain, opioids also induce euphoria, leading to increasing diversion and misuse ...
Amie L. Severino, Amie L. Severino, Amie L. Severino, Amie L. Severino, Arash Shadfar, Joshua K. Hakimian, Joshua K. Hakimian, Oliver Crane, Oliver Crane, Ganeev Singh, Ganeev Singh, Keith Heinzerling, Wendy M. Walwyn, Wendy M. Walwyn   +13 more
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Evaluation of Volume of News Reporting and Opioid-Related Deaths in the United States: Comparative Analysis Study of Geographic and Socioeconomic Differences

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020
BackgroundNews media coverage is a powerful influence on public attitude and government action. The digitization of news media covering the current opioid epidemic has changed the landscape of coverage and may have implications for how to effectively ...
Hswen, Yulin, Zhang, Amanda, Freifeld, Clark, Brownstein, John S   +3 more
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Neurostimulation as an Efficacious Nonpharmacologic Analgesic following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

Case Reports in Anesthesiology, 2022
This case highlights the importance of pursuing nonpharmacologic analgesic modalities in orthopedic surgery to combat the current opioid epidemic. Presented is a patient who underwent an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair and biceps tenodesis operation and
Ryan B. Juncker, Joel J. Gagnier, Faisal M. Mirza   +2 more
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The opioid epidemic among the Latino population in California

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022
Background: The opioid epidemic in the United States has manifested differently across geographic regions and populations, with recent increases among racial/ethnic minorities and in the Western region of the U.S.
Avelardo Valdez, Alice Cepeda, Jessica Frankeberger, Kathryn M. Nowotny   +3 more
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Metabolic Dysfunction‐Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Obesity: Pathogenesis, Diagnostics, Risk Stratification, and Therapeutic Approach

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) has emerged as the most prevalent chronic liver disease worldwide, closely linked to the global rising incidence of obesity and metabolic syndrome. This review synthesizes current evidence on the pathogenesis, gut–liver axis, and multidisciplinary management of MASLD within the ...
Beom Kyung Kim
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