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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, Ankur Sharma, Nikhil Kothari, Shilpa Goyal   +3 more
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Management pathway for emergency department patients in the setting of the opioid epidemic and emergency department overcrowding [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2020
Objective The United States is currently in the midst of a major opioid addiction epidemic, of which the primary drivers are a sharp increase in prescription opioid pain medications, their misuse, and the inordinate illicit use of opioids.
Kiersten Gurley, Churchill Onyeii, Jonathan Burstein, Shamai Grossman   +3 more
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Gut-Microbiome Implications in Opioid Use Disorder and Related Behaviors

Advances in Drug and Alcohol Research, 2022
Substance use disorder (SUD) is a prevalent disease that has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and affected the lives of even more. Despite its global impact, there is still no known cure for SUD, or the psychological symptoms associated with drug use.
Herlihy, Bridget, Roy, Sabita
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Rising Racial Disparities in Opioid Mortality and Undertreatment of Opioid Use Disorder and Mental Health Comorbidities in Virginia

AJPM Focus, 2023
Introduction: There were more than 100,000 fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2021 alone. In recent years, there has been a shift in opioid mortality from predominantly White rural communities to Black urban communities. This study aimed to identify the
Jacqueline B. Britz, MD, MSPH, Kristen M. O'Loughlin, MS, MA, Tracey L. Henry, MD, MPH, MS, Alicia Richards, BS, Roy T. Sabo, PhD, Heather G. Saunders, PhD, MSW, Sebastian T. Tong, MD, MPH, E. Marshall Brooks, PhD, Jason Lowe, MSW, CPHQ, Ashley Harrell, LCSW, Christine Bethune, MSW, F. Gerard Moeller, MD, Alex H. Krist, MD, MPH   +12 more
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Acute pain and self-directed discharge among hospitalized patients with opioid-related diagnoses: a cohort study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Patients with substance use disorders are more likely than those without to have a self-directed hospital discharge, putting them at risk for poor health outcomes including progressing illness, readmissions, and death.
P. Compton, S. Aronowitz, Heather Klusaritz, Evan Anderson   +3 more
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Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response. [PDF]

, 2019
Alexander Tsai and co-authors discuss the role of stigma in responses to the US opioid ...
Barnett, Michael L, Beletsky, Leo, Keyes, Katherine M, Kiang, Mathew V, McGinty, Emma E, Smith, Laramie R, Strathdee, Steffanie A, Tsai, Alexander C, Venkataramani, Atheendar S, Wakeman, Sarah E   +9 more
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Pattern and burden of opioid‐related hospitalizations in the USA from 2016 to 2018

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2021
The current opioid crisis in the USA is a formidable challenge for the healthcare system, and the general population. Our objective is to characterize the burden of opioid‐related disorders in an inpatient setting in the USA for the years 2016, 2017 and ...
P. Bedi, M. Rai, K. Bumrah, Vikas K Singh, T. Arora, Tanveer Singh   +5 more
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Introduction to HIV and Addiction Medicine for Residents: Integrated Case-Based Learning

MedEdPORTAL, 2016
Introduction Both HIV and addiction medicine are common clinical issues that medical residents encounter in their training. However, there are projected shortages of providers in both arenas, and studies indicate that trainees have limited exposure to ...
Rachel Simmons, Jennifer Siegel
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Evaluation and Management of Sleep Disorders in the Hand Surgery Patient. [PDF]

, 2016
Despite posing a significant public health threat, sleep disorders remain poorly understood and often underdiagnosed and mismanaged. Although sleep disorders are seemingly unrelated, hand surgeons should be mindful of these because numerous conditions of
Gaspar, Michael P., Gaspar, Patrick S., Jacoby, Sidney M., Kane, Patrick M., Osterman, A. Lee   +4 more
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Development of an integrated cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and opioid use disorder: Study protocol and methods [PDF]

, 2017
Opioid use disorder is a highly disabling psychiatric disorder, and is associated with both significant functional disruption and risk for negative health outcomes such as infectious disease and fatal overdose. Even among those who receive evidence-based
Barlow, David H., Fitzmaurice, Garrett M., Greenfield, Shelly F., McHugh, R. Kathryn, Votaw, Victoria R., Weiss, Roger D.   +5 more
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