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Postoperative Effects of Celecoxib on Opioid Use and Pain Control After Benign Oropharyngeal Surgery

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
This study evaluated how the addition of celecoxib to a multimodal pain regimen following tonsillectomy + adenoidectomy, or uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) + tonsillectomy affects postoperative opioid use and pain control. Patients who received celecoxib consumed significantly fewer opioids compared to the historic control group, with similar ...
Alana Platukus, Praneet Kaki, Anastasia Kaffenes, Udeerna Tippabhatla, Jared Robinson, Jaehee Kim, Erin Creighton, Meghan Crippen, Maurits Boon, Colin Huntley   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The opportunity to save a life: A qualitative study of a point-of-care overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention.

PLoS ONE
Canada's opioid crisis continues to escalate. Naloxone can effectively reverse the effects of opioid overdose. We planned a randomized trial on the effectiveness of a point-of-care overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) intervention on ...
Janet A Parsons, Benjamin Markowitz, Rekha Thomas, Kris Norris, Mercy Charles, Chantelle King, Kate Sellen, Douglas M Campbell, Pamela Leece, Michelle Klaiman, Leigh Chapman, Shaun Hopkins, Rita Shahin, Curtis Handford, Vicky Stergiopoulos, Laurie J Morrison, Carol Strike, Aaron M Orkin, SOONER investigators   +18 more
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Perioperative Opioid Use and Risk of Persistent Use After Common Otolaryngologic Procedures

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of perioperative opioid prescription and the development of new persistent opioid usage in patients prescribed perioperative opioids for common otolaryngological procedures. Study Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting TriNetX US Collaborative Research Network. Methods The
Michael Liu, Austin Lee, Salim Hayek, Shawn Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overdose Prevention and Response A guide for people who use drugs and harm reduction staff in Eastern Europe and Central Asia [PDF]

, 2009
Provides an overview of the drug overdose problem in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; describes overdose symptoms, factors that affect overdose risk, prevention methods, and step-by-step responses to an overdose.
Curtis, Matt, Guterman, Lydia
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Ethanol reversal of tolerance to the respiratory depressant effects of morphine [PDF]

, 2015
Opioids are the most common drugs associated with unintentional drug overdose. Death results from respiratory depression. Prolonged use of opioids results in the development of tolerance but the degree of tolerance is thought to vary between different ...
A Fugelstad, A Fugelstad, Abi Lyndon, AJ Ruttenber, Anne Lingford-Hughes, AR Lingford-Hughes, B Levine, BM Mathers, CA Paronis, Chris Bailey, CK Kuo, CN Lessov, CP Bailey, CP Bailey, CP Bailey, E Kelly, E Valjent, Eamonn Kelly, EB Rex, EJ Waite, F Chen, FL Smith, FL Smith, Graeme Henderson, GS Ling, H Sakakibara, HW Matthes, HY Lin, I Rodriguez-Martin, J Llorente, J McPherson, J Reneau, JM White, Joanne Roberts, John MacLachlan, JT Williams, JW Lewis, KL McGilliard, L He, LC Hull, LC Saland, LJ Sim-Selley, LM Bohn, LQ Hong-Brown, M Aliczki, M Hickman, M Hickman, M Inoue, M Pierce, Matthew Hickman, N Quillinan, NG Shah, R Cornish, R Romberg, Rob Hill, S Darke, S Darke, S Kishioka, Sarah Withey, SJ Slater, SV Dighe, TC Green, Yvonne Kershaw   +62 more
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Error Traps in Pediatric Neuromuscular Block

Pediatric Anesthesia, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neuromuscular blocking agents are essential for safe pediatric anesthesia but remain a frequent source of preventable morbidity when misused, inadequately monitored, or incompletely reversed. Children, particularly neonates and infants, are especially vulnerable to residual neuromuscular block due to developmental pharmacological ...
Gabriel Soares de Sousa, Debra Faulk, Vinicius Caldeira Quintao, Niekoo Abbasian, Hans D. de Boer, Ricardo Vieira Carlos   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Confronting the opioid crisis: Practical pain management and strategies: AOA 2018 critical issues symposium [PDF]

, 2019
The United States is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Clinicians have been part of the problem because of overprescribing of narcotics for perioperative pain management.
Hsu, Joseph R, Jahangir, A Alex, Miller, Anna N, Mir, Hassan R, Obremskey, William T   +4 more
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The Dark Pyramid: Unpacking the Multidimensional Nature of the Dark Side of Leadership

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract The dark side of leadership has been employed as an umbrella term to cover an array of concepts typically concerned with the dysfunctionality and/or toxicity of individual leaders. As the field of leadership studies moves towards ‘post‐heroic’ perspectives, we apply the same ontological positioning, adopting a ‘post‐villainous’ perspective in ...
Peter Stephenson, Richard Bolden, Morgen Witzel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient Preference for Pain Medication in the Emergency Department Is Associated with Non-fatal Overdose History

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Opioid overdose is a major public health problem. Emergency physicians need information to better assess a patient’s risk for overdose or opioid-related harms.
Lauren K. Whiteside, Jason Goldstick, Aaron Dora-Laskey, Laura Thomas, Maureen Walton, Rebecca Cunningham, Amy S.B. Bohnert   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

US State Policy Contexts and Mental Health Among Working‐Age Adults

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points States’ overarching policy contexts are a meaningful yet overlooked predictor of adults’ mental health, with more conservative contexts associated with worse mental health outcomes over a 30‐year period. Counterfactual analyses suggest that widespread policy shifts could meaningfully alter the national prevalence of mental distress ...
ILIYA GUTIN, JENNIFER KARAS MONTEZ, EMILY WIEMERS, SHANNON M. MONNAT, DOUGLAS A. WOLF   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source