Articles Tagged With: opioid
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CDC Tries Less Rigid Approach to Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
Agency underscores voluntary nature of its recommendations, highlights new science and collaboration that went into the revisions.
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Drugs of Abuse in Trauma Patients Part II: Central Nervous System Depressants
Drugs of abuse are commonly encountered in the trauma setting. Patient care may be affected by acute intoxication and chronic use of these substances. Central nervous system depressants can result in coma and respiratory depression in severe toxicity. The authors discuss common presentations, potential complications, and management of central nervous system depressants in the context of a trauma patient. -
Is it Safe to Discharge Patients Without an Opioid Prescription After Gynecologic Surgery?
In this quality improvement initiative study, patients undergoing scheduled gynecologic abdominal surgery via both minimally invasive and open routes were able to be discharged safely without a prescription of opioids without significant increases in postoperative calls about pain or the need for filling opioid prescriptions after discharge.
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Opioid Use and the Role of the Case Manager
Regardless of whether they know it, many case managers are faced with patients and clients each day who are struggling with opioid use disorder (OUD). As rates of OUD continue to increase, it is essential for case managers to hone their skills of confidently recognizing and addressing the disorder.
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Educational Sessions for Women with Opioid Use Disorder Improve Engagement
A Maine family planning clinic launched a program to reach women who experience barriers to reproductive healthcare, counseling, and testing for sexually transmitted infections. The program focused on outreach, sending an educator to various locations and providing an educational session for women who are especially vulnerable, including those who use opioids.
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Reducing Opioid Prescriptions Following Gynecologic Surgery
With sufficient institutional buy-in, appropriate patient education, and staff adherence to standardized postoperative prescribing practices, patients undergoing abdominal gynecologic surgery can leave the hospital safely and recover with low doses of opioid medications, or no opioid prescription at all.
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Accreditation Program Elevates Pain and Addiction Care in the ED
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline providers were confronting an epidemic of patients struggling with opioid use disorders (OUD). Recognizing the urgent need for improvement in this area, the American College of Emergency Physicians is rolling out a new accreditation program that is aimed at nudging EDs across the country to up their game when it comes to both the treatment of pain and the way they manage patients who present with OUD.
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Oliceridine Injection (Olinvyk)
Oliceridine should be prescribed to adults to manage acute pain severe enough to require intravenous opioid analgesic and for whom alternative treatment has not worked.
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Type of Provider and Opioid Use in New-Onset Low Back Pain
When compared to an initial visit with a primary care physician, patients who initially received care for new-onset low back pain from a chiropractor, physical therapist, or acupuncturist had decreased odds of both early and long-term opioid use.
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Pain Management in the Emergency Department: Opioids and Alternative Pain Management Therapies
Opioid therapy can be an effective form of pain management in the ED for acute painful conditions. The risk of addiction and abuse should be considered in every case. Alternatives to opioid therapy include systemic agents, such as acetaminophen, NSAIDs, lidocaine, alpha agonists, anticonvulsants, ketamine, corticosteroids, and local and regional anesthesia.