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Association between inpatient AUDIT-C alcohol screening scores and postoperative outcomes: a retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open
Objectives To evaluate whether alcohol use severity, as measured by the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C), is associated with postoperative complications, hospital utilisation and opioid prescribing among adult surgical ...
Mark C Bicket, Jennifer F Waljee, Vidhya Gunaseelan, Chiao-Li Chan, Anne C Fernandez, Toby Chen, Sarah Evilsizer   +6 more
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Pilot findings on the real-world performance of xylazine test strips for drug residue testing and the importance of secondary testing methods

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: Xylazine is a sedative found increasingly in the illicit fentanyl supply that can cause hypotension, bradycardia, necrosis and death. This pilot examined the real-world performance of BTNX xylazine test strips (XTS) in drug residue samples ...
Erin Thompson, Jessica Tardif, Merci Ujeneza, Adina Badea, Traci C. Green, Haley McKee, Michelle McKenzie, Ju Nyeong Park   +7 more
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Early intravenous lipid emulsion therapy for diphenhydramine overdose: a case report

Toxicology Communications, 2021
Diphenhydramine (DPH) is a lipophilic inverse agonist at the histamine receptor. Overdoses usually present with anticholinergic symptoms. Wide-complex tachycardia decompensating into cardiovascular collapse may occur in larger overdoses. Here we report a
Joseph Clemons, Arvinder Jandu, Brandon Stein, Michael A. Chary   +3 more
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Facilitating access to supervised smoking facilities: a qualitative study

Harm Reduction Journal
Introduction The implementation of supervised smoking facilities (SSFs) as a harm reduction intervention has public health benefits for people who inhale drugs, but there are significant knowledge gaps surrounding the perspectives of SSF visitors and ...
Courteney Wettemann, Jeffrey Morgan, Tara Taylor, Ardina Boll, Scott Maxwell, Lindsey Richardson, Seonaid Nolan, Jenna van Draanen   +7 more
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Physicians’ Self-Reported Knowledge and Behaviors Related to Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain and Diagnosing Opioid Use Disorder, DocStyles, 2020

AJPM Focus
Introduction: In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline) to improve opioid prescribing while minimizing associated ...
Kathleen R. Ragan-Burnett, MSPH, C. Robinette Curtis, MD, Kristine M. Schmit, MD, Christina A. Mikosz, MD, Lyna Z. Schieber, MD, Gery P. Guy, Jr, PhD, Tamara M. Haegerich, PhD   +6 more
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Opioid Education and Nasal Naloxone Rescue Kits in the Emergency Department

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015
Introduction: Emergency departments (EDs) may be high-yield venues to address opioid deaths with education on both overdose prevention and appropriate actions in a witnessed overdose.
Dwyer, Kristin , Walley, Alexander Y. , Langlois, Breanne K. , Mitchell, Patricia M. , Nelson, Kerrie P. , Cromwell, John, Bernstein, Edward   +6 more
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Personal experience and awareness of opioid overdose occurrence among peers and willingness to administer naloxone in South Africa: findings from a three-city pilot survey of homeless people who use drugs

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Drug overdoses occur when the amount of drug or combination of drugs consumed is toxic and negatively affects physiological functioning. Opioid overdoses are responsible for the majority of overdose deaths worldwide.
Michael Wilson, Amanda Brumwell, M. J. Stowe, Shaun Shelly, Andrew Scheibe   +4 more
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Amlodipine Overdose [PDF]

Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2013
We describe the case of a 24-year-old woman who intentionally ingested between 400 and 600 mg of amlodipine along with a large number of simvastatin and trazodone tablets.
Tapan, Patel, David, Tietze, Ankit N, Mehta   +2 more
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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
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Staying under the Radar? Immigration Effects on Overdose Deaths and the Impact of Sanctuary Jurisdictions

Societies, 2023
Growing political and public rhetoric claim that immigration has contributed to drug crime and the overdose crisis of the 21st century. However, research to date has given little attention to immigration–overdose relationships, and almost no work has ...
Kelly Pierce, Diana Sun, Ben Feldmeyer
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