Despite evidence that medications for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) reduce mortality and improve engagement in outpatient addiction treatment, these life-saving medications are underutilized in the hospital setting....
To determine whether perioperative narcotic utilization at the time of hysterectomy has decreased since 2012.Retrospective cohort study.Academic university hospital.Patients who underwent a laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign...
Stigma is a barrier to accessing treatment and support services for individuals with substance use disorder. Stigma is negatively associated with completion of treatment for substance use disorder and management of recovery.To...
Anesthetic and/or opioid abuse is more prevalent among anesthesiologists than in other medical specialties and it has been associated with high mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate factors associated with lethal...
To explore the opioid prescribing practices after common ambulatory head and neck surgeries in a large academic institution; and to examine the association between opioid prescription and the patient’s satisfaction with...
Monitoring and reporting palliative care development serves to identify progress as well as remaining challenges for improvement.To report on the updated status of palliative care development in Latin America, develop and apply...
Opioid overdose is a leading cause of death in the United States. Emergency medical services (EMS) encounters following overdose may serve as a critical linkage to care for people who use drugs (PWUD). However, many overdose...
Continuous peripheral nerve blocks (cPNBs) have shown promising results in pain management after orthopaedic surgeries. However, they can be associated with some risks and limitations. The purpose of this study is to describe...
Opioid treatment programs (OTPs) may provide interim methadone services – up to 120 days of methadone dosing without counseling. Regulatory requirements limit use of interim methadone services. We summarized the evidence...
While the United States is in the midst of an overdose epidemic, effective treatments are underutilized and commonly discontinued. Innovations in medication delivery, including an extended-release formulations, have the...
As greater emphasis is being placed on opioid reduction strategies and implementation of multimodal analgesia, we sought to determine whether immediate post-surgical opioid consumption was different between THA and TKA.A...
This is a retrospective study. Prior studies have characterized the deleterious effects of narcotic use in patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA). While there is an increasing revision arthroplasty burden,...
