The following is a summary of "Impact of methocarbamol on opioid use after ventral incisional hernia repair," published in the December 2023 issue of Surgery by Desai, et al. Finding ...
The safety and efficacy of ketamine for sudden pain in emergencies was comparable or superior to opioids....
A prediction model for opioid treatment may help detect a return to opioid risk within 3 weeks....
To determine the effectiveness of intravenous ibuprofen and acetaminophen as perioperative analgesics in paediatric patients undergoing day- care tonsillectomy with general anaesthesia.The q...
This protocol paper presents an updated statistical analysis plan of the protocol of a randomised controlled trial. The randomised controlled trial investigates the effect of integrating smo...
This study aims to evaluate the effect of the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block on the blood cells and the inflammatory markers neutrophil- to- lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet- to- ly...
Skin decontamination of Chemical Biological Radioactive and Nuclear (CBRN) materials involves the timely and effective removal of the contaminants from the skin surface. The current work eva...
Though cesarean delivery is the most common surgery performed in the United States, prescribing practices for analgesia vary. Strategies to manage postpartum pain have mostly focused on the ...
Buprenorphine is highly effective for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), and, in recent years, the rates of patients maintained on buprenorphine requiring critical care have been st...
Hydromorphone and morphine are the common drugs used for the treatment of moderate to severe cancer pain. Patient controlled subcutaneous analgesia (PCSA) is an effective technique to manage...
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic and relapsing brain disease that results in significant mortality worldwide. Genetic factors are estimated to contribute to 40%-60% of the liability, w...
Despite the high prevalence of alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the United States, limited research is focused on the associations among AUD, pain, and opioids/benzodiazepine use. In addition, ...
Despite the high prevalence of alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the United States, limited research is focused on the associations among AUD, pain, and opioids/benzodiazepine use. In addition, ...
Bookmark1. In this retrospective study of Medicare claims data from 2016 to 2019, receipt of opioid use disorder (OUD) medications (buprenorphine and naloxone) was lower among Black and Hisp...
Withdrawal from opioids can induce a state of anxiety and irritability. This negative state can facilitate continued drug taking, as the administration of opioids can alleviate unpleasant sy...
Neurologic morbidity is highly prevalent in pediatric critical illness, and the use of benzodiazepines and/or opioids are risk factors for delirium and post-discharge sequelae. However, litt...
Given the lack of access to evidenced-based OUD treatment and the corresponding overdose crisis, researchers must evaluate and report health care inequities involving the treatment of OUD. A...
To predict behavioral disruptions in middle childhood, we identified latent classes of prenatal substance use.As part of the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program,...
DNA methylation is one of the epigenetic mechanisms involved in opioid use disorder. GAD2 is a key catalyticase in gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) synthesis from glutamate, that is implicate...
Metabolic surgery is the most effective treatment for obesity and may improve obesity-related pain syndromes. However, the effect of surgery on the persistent use of opioids in patients with...
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