Search results for "Opioids"
Co-prescription acceptable for opioid addiction meds and benzodiazepines
Details on the latest warnings, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/fda-update-opioid-addiction-meds-benzodiazepines.htm
15 Nov 2017
June issue online and in the mail
This month's issue of ACP Hospitalist covers news from Hospital Medicine 2018, including articles about physician burnout, opioids, COPD, pressure ulcers, and technological advances.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/13/5.htm
13 Jun 2018
Hospital addiction medicine consults less likely among Black patients, study finds
In a retrospective study at an urban U.S. safety-net hospital, patients with substance use disorder were less likely to have an order placed for addiction medicine consultation if they were Black than if they were White, and Black patients who did receive an order were less likely to be seen.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/16/hospital-addiction-medicine-consults-less-likely-among-black-patients-study-finds.htm
16 Aug 2023
Evidence lacking on efficacy of prescription drug monitoring programs
Recent articles on substance use highlighted the limitations of prescription drug monitoring programs, rise of synthetic opioids in overdose deaths, and risk of vitamin K-dependent antagonist coagulopathy from synthetic cannabinoids.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/09/4.htm
9 May 2018
February 7, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/
In the News
Staff awareness of stroke protocols, adverse events from supplements, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/in-the-news.htm
15 Jan 2016
Government agencies issue guidance on preparing for nerve agent exposures
The document, “Nerve Agent Information for Emergency Medical Services and Hospitals,” reviews protocols for recognizing, treating, and protecting oneself from nerve agent exposures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/29/4.htm
29 Aug 2018
The prescription for pain management
Physicians can wield considerable influence to ease the suffering of patients in pain, starting with identifying the optimal drug and administering it before pain escalates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/coverstory.htm
15 Apr 2013
Sepsis, cardiac arrest, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/in-the-news.htm
15 Dec 2020
Late diagnoses, routine cultures, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2021