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Opioid overdose crises during the COVID-19 pandemic: implication of health disparities
Harm Reduction Journal, 2021 Background Recent data suggest a disproportionate impact of opioid overdoses on Black Americans. The study aims to describe emergency department (ED) visits at a Southern, urban ED pertaining to opioid overdose and associated health disparities.
Ishika Patel, Lauren A. Walter, Li Li
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Opioid Overdose With Parkinsonian Features [PDF]
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2019 A 54-year-old man presented to the emergency department with confusion and Parkinsonian features after suspected heroin snorting. He had magnetic resonance imaging of the brain demonstrating isolated symmetric bilateral globus pallidus (GP) restricted diffusion and edema consistent with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.
Cohen, Paul, Hack, Jason B.
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Opioid overdose, interventions, and challenges
BioImpacts, 2022 This short letter briefly reviews the significance of opioid overdose as well as the existing approaches to combat the epidemic. It also signifies the importance of naloxone, its commercially available dosage forms, and the unmet need for developing safe and effective naloxone dosage forms that can easily be administered in emergency settings.
Samaneh Alaei, Hossein Omidian
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Opioid overdose decedent characteristics during COVID-19
Annals of Medicine, 2022 Introduction Alongside the emergence of COVID-19 in the United States, several reports highlighted increasing rates of opioid overdose from preliminary data.
Gian-Gabriel P. Garcia +6 more
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A Case of Opioid Overdose? Or Is It? [PDF]
The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, 2018 A 28-year-old man was found unresponsive at home by a roommate. When emergency medical services (EMS) arrived, he was found to have miosis and was cyanotic with respiratory depression. He was unresponsive to intranasal naloxone (2 mg) that was administered via mucosal atomizer twice.
Deborah L. French, Roy Gerona
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The association of criminal justice supervision setting with overdose mortality: a longitudinal cohort study. [PDF]
, 2020 Background and aimsDespite the high prevalence of substance use among people in the US criminal justice system, little is known about the incidence of overdose mortality by use patterns, drug convictions and supervision setting.
Anderson R. N. +8 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2023 Introduction Lives lost in North America due to the unregulated drug poisoning emergency are preventable and those who survive an opioid overdose may suffer long-term disability. Rates of opioid overdose more than doubled following the onset of the COVID-
Max Ferguson +8 more
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BMJ Open, 2022 Objectives To describe the association between population size, population growth and opioid overdose deaths—overall and by type of opioid—in US commuting zones (CZs) in three periods between 2005 and 2017.Settings 741 CZs covering the entirety of the US
Ana V Diez Roux +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Chronic pain increases risk for opioid overdose among individuals with opioid use disorder. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between recent overdose and whether or not chronic pain is active.
Sarah M. Hartz +8 more
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Prevention of Fatal Opioid Overdose [PDF]
JAMA, 2012 Opioid overdose is a burgeoning public health crisis, accounting for at least 16 000 deaths annually in the United States.1 Opioid overdose occurs across sex, ethnic, age, and geographic strata and involves both medical and nonmedical opioid use. To date, federal government response has focused primarily on monitoring and securing the drug supply.1 ...
Alexander Y. Walley +2 more
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