Search results for "Opioids"
Reproductive-age women widely prescribed opioid medications
Opioid-containing medications are widely prescribed among reproductive-age women with either private insurance or Medicaid, with approximately one-fourth of privately insured and more than one-third of Medicaid-enrolled women filling a prescription for an opioid each year from 2008 to 2012.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/04/4.htm
4 Feb 2015
October 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/
Program can help opioid-dependent inpatients transition to outpatient treatment
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/31/4.htm
31 Mar 2010
Early opioid withdrawal treatment reduced early departures from the hospital
Withdrawal treatment with buprenorphine, methadone, or other opioid analgesics was associated with a lower risk of patients with opioid use disorder leaving the hospital prior to completion of medical treatment versus no withdrawal treatment, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/22/early-opioid-withdrawal-treatment-reduced-early-departures-from-the-hospital.htm
22 Feb 2023
Addiction treatment rare after hospitalization for endocarditis related to injection drug use
Fewer than one-quarter of adults received medication for opioid use disorder (OUD) in the three months after discharge for injection drug use-associated endocarditis, and OUD treatment was associated with reduced mortality risk only in the month when patients were receiving it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/21/5.htm
21 Oct 2020
Hospitalist-led program improved care for patients with opioid use disorder
Use of evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder during admission increased significantly from 36% before the project to 57% after its implementation, a single-center study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/18/hospitalist-led-program-improved-care-for-patients-with-opioid-use-disorder.htm
18 May 2022
Opioid disposal, medication cost alerts, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/recent-research.htm
15 Dec 2017
Mixing alcohol with opioids, benzodiazepines sending users to emergency departments
Nearly one-fifth of opioid abuse-related ED visits and more than one-fourth of benzodiazepine abuse-related ED visits involved alcohol, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/22/3.htm
22 Oct 2014
Pushing back on physical restraints
Pause before ordering restraints and definitely don't forget that a patient has been placed in them, says a researcher who has found disparities in use among medical inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/26/pushing-back-on-physical-restraints.htm
26 Jul 2023
Testing for cellulitis, opioid use recommendations, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2018