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Racial, economic disparities found in buprenorphine prescriptions
May 8, 2019
Black patients and patients without private health insurance are less likely to receive a buprenorphine prescription for opioid use disorder.
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Report calls for focus on ‘subpopulations’ to fight opioid epidemic
March 27, 2019
“Methadone, buprenorphine, and extended-release naltrexone ... save lives” but most people with OUD get no treatment, new report says.
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ICU admissions raise chronic condition risk
February 27, 2019
Compared to non-ICU visitors, patients had greater risk of developing new chronic conditions after discharge.
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Checklists, colleagues key when psychiatric patient overdoses
February 20, 2019
BONITA SPRINGS, FLA. – Psychiatrists grieve when a patient overdoses and dies, but talking to other clinicians and using specialized checklists can help.
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Disruptive behavior on the job linked to depression, burnout
February 19, 2019
A work culture in which disruptive behavior is tolerated can have consequences.
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Noncardiac surgery has 7% covert stroke rate in elderly
February 19, 2019
HONOLULU – Covert strokes were linked with a doubled rate of cognitive decline in older patients after noncardiac surgery.
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In California, opioids most often prescribed in low-income, mostly white areas
February 12, 2019
Opioid-related overdose deaths are highest in low-income white areas.
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Anxiety, depression, burnout higher in physician mothers caring for others at home
January 28, 2019
While the study did not examine physician fathers, caring for someone with a major illness or disability more frequently falls to women.
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Mortality risk remains high for survivors of opioid overdose
January 25, 2019
What are the causes and risks of mortality in the first year after nonfatal opioid overdose?
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Intramuscular midazolam superior in sedating acutely agitated adults
January 18, 2019
How effective are intramuscular midazolam, olanzapine, ziprasidone, and haloperidol at sedating acutely agitated adults in the emergency department?
