Search results for "Opioids"
Overdose risk may be highest in week after hospital discharge for patients on long-term opioids
During the first seven days after hospital discharge, patients prescribed long-term opioid therapy overdosed on opioids at a rate more than six times higher than in other time periods, a retrospective study in one health system found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/01/overdose-risk-may-be-highest-in-week-after-hospital-discharge-for-patients-on-long-term-opioids.htm
1 Feb 2023
The medical consequences of the opioid epidemic
This issue also features articles about care for prisoners and changes in visa laws.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Oct 2017
Patients with opioid use disorder twice as likely to get postacute care referral rejection
Inpatients with opioid use disorder were referred to more postacute care facilities but rejected significantly more often than other patients, even after researchers controlled for factors including homelessness and psychiatric disease, a Boston safety-net hospital found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/16/free/patients-with-opioid-use-disorder-twice-as-likely-to-get-postacute-care-referral-rejection.htm
16 Mar 2022
Catheters recalled; warning on troponin tests
The FDA announced a recall of certain peripheral catheters due to leaking and warned not to use a cardiac testing panel providing inaccurate troponin measurements, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/catheters-recalled-warning-on-troponin-tests.htm
2 Aug 2023
Syncope, sepsis resuscitation, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2020
Major elective surgery usually doesn't lead to long-term opioid use
About 3% of previously opioid-naïve patients continued to use opioids for more than 90 days after major elective surgery, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/26/1.htm
26 Feb 2014
A harm-reduction approach to hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder
Initiating inpatient treatment is a prime opportunity to elicit insight from patients about their drug use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/a-harm-reduction-approach-to-hospitalized-patients-with-opioid-use-disorder.htm
15 Jan 2020
Documenting opioid disorders
There are 11 different DSM-5 clinical criteria for opioid-related disorders, and severity is determined by the number of diagnostic criteria applicable to each patient.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/02/documenting-opioid-disorders.htm
2 Nov 2022
New tools in nephrology
An expert reviewed his preferences among the latest therapies for hyponatremia and hyperkalemia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/17/new-tools-in-nephrology.htm
17 May 2023
Owning OUD in the hospital
Less than 15% of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) receive treatment with buprenorphine or methadone during hospitalization. New recommendations for hospitalists aim to change that.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/02/free/owning-oud-in-the-hospital.htm
2 Nov 2022