We sought to identify the immediate post-operative differences in opioid use, pain scores, and post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) length of stay (LOS) after hip arthroscopy related to the type of anesthesia used for the surgical...
This course discusses a study that tested the hypothesis that implementing a multidisciplinary,...
The Australian Treatment Outcomes Profile (ATOP) is a brief instrument measuring recent substance use, risk profile, and general health and wellbeing among clients attending Alcohol and other Drug (AoD) treatment services. This...
Chronic opioid use and polypharmacy are commonly seen in chronic pain patients presenting for spine procedures. Substance abuse and misuse have also been reported in this patient population. Negative perioperative effects have...
There is paucity of data on the impact of surgical incision and analgesia on relevant outcomes.A retrospective STROBE-compliant cohort study was performed between July 2007 and August 2017 of patients undergoing lung...
To examine opioid prescribing and consumption patterns after hysterectomy and identify factors associated with post-operative opioid consumption.Prospective cohort study.Single university medical center.Women undergoing...
The HEALing Communities Study (HCS) is designed to implement and evaluate the Communities That HEAL (CTH) intervention, a conceptually driven framework to assist communities in selecting and adopting evidence-based practices to...
To describe the geographic and spatiotemporal distribution of needle reports in San Francisco, and examine spatial relationships between needle reports and needle disposal boxes, needle disposal kiosks, and homeless shelters.We...
The opioid epidemic continues to be a serious public health problem in the United States, with...
Intrathecal morphine-induced pruritus can cause significant discomfort in parturients and is refractory to conventional antipruritic treatment. This systematic review and network meta-analysis evaluates the effectiveness of the...
Heightened rates of prescription opioid misuse have been observed among sexual minority (SM) compared with heterosexual populations. In addition, depression and suicidal ideation are risk factors for misuse, and they are also...
To describe the use of tramadol and other analgesics in Denmark focusing on the impact of media attention (June and December 2017) and regulatory actions (September 2017 and January 2018) on the use of tramadol.Using nationwide...
