Search results for "Opioids"
MKSAP quiz on delirium
These cases and commentary, which address delirium, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/ty.htm
15 Jun 2013
Education program for prescribing opioids now available
ACP and its curriculum partner Pri-Med have launched “SAFE Opioid Prescribing,” an online training program to educate clinicians about safety and efficacy when prescribing opioids.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/24/5.htm
24 Jul 2013
Letter to the Editor
Two readers express concerns about pain management recommendations that appeared in our April cover article, and a story source responds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/lte.htm
15 Aug 2013
Take time to ease the pain of elderly patients
Asking the right questions and individualizing care are especially helpful.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/pain.htm
15 Sep 2013
The fine art of listening
Every patient has a story, and listening to it might just reveal a diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/selfexam.htm
15 Sep 2013
Opioid management, constipation key challenges in cancer pain
Adding methadone to opioids can help with intractable pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/conference01.htm
15 Oct 2013
Few high-quality guidelines exist for prescribing opioids
Few high-quality guidelines exist for prescribing opioids to treat chronic pain, a review found, noting that there was at least consensus among guidelines on ways to mitigate opioid-related risks.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/13/2.htm
13 Nov 2013
New labeling on long-acting opioids and fluoroquinolones
Details on recalls, warnings and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/fda.htm
15 Nov 2013
MKSAP quiz on end-of-life care
These cases and commentary, which focus on end-of-life care, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2013
Medication safety assessment shows progress, challenges
Hospitals have increased medication safety in the past decade, but further improvement is still necessary, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/05/2.htm
5 Feb 2014